US President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor, Joe Biden, of funnelling lots of money from American taxpayers into foreign conflicts that “should have remained a European situation, while his government is supplying billions of dollars" worth of weapons and military aid to Israel.
During his media interaction at the White House following his phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Subsequently, experts also view that a ceasefire in Ukraine is an improbable scenario as Russia’s war economy and military industrial complex are helping Moscow sustain the war in Ukraine.
Additionally, US sanctions on Russia have also failed to deter the resolve of the Russian leadership, since the Russian economy and its Ruble are now stronger than ever before, according to global Market trends 2025.
Following talks between the two leaders, Trump expressed frustration over the “crazy” scale of US involvement in the Ukraine conflict. He reiterated that it was “not our war” and emphasised that his administration is working to end the hostilities through diplomacy.
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“This is not our war. This is not my war… I mean, we got ourselves entangled in something that we shouldn’t have been involved in. And we would have been a lot better off—and maybe the whole thing would have been better off—because it can’t be much worse. It’s a real mess,” Trump said.
The president stated that Washington has provided “massive” and “record-setting” levels of military and financial assistance to Kyiv, far exceeding what the EU and other NATO countries have contributed.
“We don’t have boots on the ground; we wouldn’t have boots on the ground. But we do have a big stake. The financial amount that was put up is just crazy,” he added.
“Again, this was a European situation. It should have remained a European situation. But we got involved—much more than Europe did—because the past administration felt very strongly that we should," he said.
"We gave massive amounts, I think record-setting amounts, of both weaponry and money.”
Trump’s conversation with Putin was followed by calls with several European leaders, including the heads of Germany, Italy, and the UK, as well as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukraine's President Zelensky.
“They have a big problem. It’s a terrible war. The amount of anger, the amount of hate, the amount of death,” Trump said, noting that the conflict has reached a point where “it’s very hard to detach themselves away from what’s taken place over there.”
Meanwhile, Putin described the conversation with Trump as “frank” and “quite useful,” adding that Moscow is prepared to work with Kyiv on drafting a memorandum aimed at achieving a future peace agreement.
“In general, Russia’s position is clear. The main thing for us is to eliminate the root causes of this crisis,” the Russian president said.
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