US President Donald Trump said Monday that he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin when he was going to “end this bloodshed” in Ukraine during their two-hour phone call, APA reports citing CNN.
“I said, ‘When are we going to end this bloodshed, this blood bath?’ It’s a blood bath, and I do believe he wants to end it,” the president said in the Oval Office on Monday.
Trump also said that if he thought he could not help then he would “back away” from negotiations. He added that there are “very big egos” involved.
“I tell you, big egos involved, but I think something’s going to happen. And if it doesn’t, I just back away and they’re going to have to keep going,” the president said.
Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins if he asked to meet with Putin during their call, the president said he “talked to him about it.” Trump had previously suggested that he and Putin would have to meet directly to end the war.
“Of course I did. I talked to him about it,” he said.
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