Former President Donald Trump revealed in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Thursday evening that he plans to negotiate peace between Russia and Ukraine as President-elect, even before officially taking office as the next president of the United States.
During the hour-long interview at his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida, Trump expressed his desire to see the conflict between Russia and Ukraine “settled.”
“I want to see it settled,” Trump said. “I want to get it done. I know both heads of the countries,” Trump said. “I know President Putin very well. I want to see the death stopping. There’s death and there’s destruction. They are destroying the whole fabric of a certain part of the world. I want to get it negotiated, and get it done.”
Former President Donald J. Trump says the first thing he’ll do ‘if elected’ is end the war in Ukraine.. pic.twitter.com/YTw7ezl2yj
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Trump claimed that if Vice President Kamala Harris were to win the upcoming election, she would continue the conflict, directing hundreds of billions of American tax dollars to Ukraine instead of seeking an end to the war. He warned that her inaction could result in “millions of people” losing their lives and suggested that her lack of competence could potentially lead the world into a global conflict.
Powerful moment:
CNN: "Do you want Ukraine to win this war?"
Trump: "I don’t think about it in terms of winning and losing, I think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all these people."
*Massive audience applause*
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“I don’t think she has any clue,” Trump said. “She wouldn’t handle it at all. I don’t think she’d do anything. I think it would just go on and millions of people will die. It could evolve into a World War also. She’s got no capability to get it done. I want to get it done. I’ve always had a very good relationship with both men and I think I’m in a very good position. It would have been easier to get done—it would have never started. If I were there, it would have never started.”
The former presdent also expressed his hope to negotiate a peace deal to end the war during the period between the Nov. 5 election and the Jan. 20, 2025, inauguration, should he win.
Donald Trump says the first thing he would do if elected is to stop the war between Ukraine and Russia.
"If I win the election, I will stop that war. I know Putin and Zelenskyy very well." pic.twitter.com/GUjM9jPmXf
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“You look at the heritage of the country—the cities are mostly knocked down,” Trump said, describing Ukraine. “They’re flattened. They’re just totally flattened. Have you ever seen some of these cities? There’s not a building standing. The country has been devastated. So I want to get it solved and I will be able to get it solved. And I’d like to do it before I get to the White House after I’m president-elect.”
