Trump: 'I'm Very Disappointed In Russia But I'm Disappointed In Ukraine Also'

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Speaking to reporters at the White House, President Trump was asked about the Russia-Ukraine War.

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00:00Blue in the blue, please. Light blue.

00:01Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President.

00:03How close are you to step back

00:05on between Ukraine and Russia?

00:08We see a very bad escalation.

00:10Are you going to leave it in the hands of the Europeans?

00:12I'm very close to the situation.

00:14I'm very disappointed in Russia,

00:16but I'm disappointed

00:18in Ukraine also, because I think

00:20deals could have been made.

00:22And, you know, we're losing 5,000,

00:236,000 people a week,

00:26soldiers mostly, but also

00:27people living in towns because they're getting hit

00:29by missiles again. How would you like

00:31to live in a building and you think a missile has a good

00:33chance of hitting your building during the evening?

00:36It's horrible. It must be

00:37horrible to live like that.

00:39But, I mean, we'll

00:41get it, but it's

00:43I'm disappointed that it's not

00:45done. We did

00:47great with India and Pakistan.

00:50We did very good with

00:51Israel. I thought, look, October 7th

00:53was a disaster. People forget.

00:56You know, they like to forget.

00:57That was a horrible thing.

00:59But, you know, none of these things would have happened

01:01if I were president.

01:02If I were president, none of it would have happened.

01:04You wouldn't have the Israel problem.

01:07Iran was broke. They had no money.

01:08We had big sanctions on them.

01:10Biden immediately let them get rich.

01:11The $300 billion they have right now.

01:14But they had no money for Hamas or Hezbollah.

01:17They had no money for anything.

01:18It was perfect.

01:20We wouldn't have had inflation.

01:21That was caused by oil, Chris.

01:23The oil price went through the roof.

01:25It was also caused by their spending.

01:26But it was caused more by oil than anything else.

01:28The oil went so high.

01:30Got close to $100 a barrel.

01:33And that caused.

01:34And that also kept the war going with Putin.

01:36Because at $100 a barrel,

01:39that was a big money-making experience.

01:42But now it's down to where

01:43it's not so good for them anymore.

01:46No, it's very important to get that solved.

01:48That's a bloodbath.

01:49That's a terrible bloodbath that's going on.

01:51Yeah, please, go ahead.

01:52Mr. President.

01:53Go ahead.

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