Trump: Putin is ‘destroying’ Russia

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Posted on 01/21/2025 2:36:56 AM PST by marcusmaximus

“I think he should make a deal,” U.S. president says about the Kremlin chief. The war “is not making him look good.”

Russia's war on Ukraine has landed Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in "big trouble," U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday.

"[Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy told me he wants to make a deal, I don’t know if Putin does ... He might not. I think he should make a deal. I think he’s destroying Russia by not making a deal," Trump said in the Oval Office on the first day of his second presidency.

"I think, Russia is kinda in big trouble. You take a look at their economy, you take a look at their inflation in Russia. I got along with [Putin] great, I would hope he wants to make a deal," he added.

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"He’s grinding it out. Most people thought it would last about one week and now you’re into three years. It is not making him look good," Trump said.

"We have numbers that almost a million Russian soldiers have been killed. About 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers are killed. Russia’s bigger, they have more soldiers to lose but that’s no way to run a country," he added.

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Russia’s bigger, they have more soldiers to lose but that’s no way to run a country," he added.

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