Trump on Ukraine in 60 Minutes Interview: 'Very Close' to a Deal, and Ukraine Will End Up With a 'Little Bit Different Shape'
WASHINGTON — In his interview on CBS's 60 Minutes, broadcast on the evening of November 8, President Donald Trump said the biggest obstacle to peace in Ukraine was the hatred between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said the United States was 'very close to making a deal,' and that the war would end, and end soon, and that the only reason it would end was because of him.
Asked by interviewer Ross Douthat whether he trusted Putin or Zelenskyy more, Trump said he would rather not say, but that he got along with both. Asked whether a deal would leave a free and independent Ukraine, Trump said he believed a deal would be reached and that Ukraine would end up with a 'little bit different shape.' He did not say what territorial changes he had in mind.
Trump also denied that he had lifted diesel sanctions on Russia, saying he had only made it possible for Russian diesel to reach the world market, and said nobody had been tougher on Russia than he had. The interview was recorded at the White House on November 6 and was Trump's first television interview since the Republican Party's losses in the November 3 midterm elections.
The remarks came ahead of trilateral talks among Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. delegations scheduled for November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi, where post-war security arrangements and de-escalation steps are to be discussed, with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner attending for the United States. Ukraine has called for an immediate ceasefire first and says territorial questions can be settled only in direct talks between Zelenskyy and Putin.
(Source: CBS)
Source: CBS
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