“I don’t think in terms of winning and losing. I think in terms of settling the case,” Trump told CNN, before a live audience in New Hampshire.
“I want the death to stop. They are dying. The Russians and the Ukrainians. I want them not to die. And I will,” added Trump, who opposes Republican politics backing Kiev.
The former president continued, “I will do it in 24 hours. I will do it. You need the power of the presidency to do it.”
Trump has stressed he can stop the war that began in February last year by negotiating directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“I’m going to meet Putin. I’m going to meet Zelenskyy. They both have weaknesses and they both have strengths. In 24 hours this war will be over. And it will end,” he said.
Trump declined to say whether he believed Putin was a war criminal for alleged atrocities in Ukraine.
He said: “If it is said that he is a war criminal, it will be very difficult to reach an agreement to stop this thing.
“If he is classified as a war criminal, people will catch him and execute him, and he will fight harder than he would in other circumstances. This is something that should be discussed later.”
Trump also said he believed “Putin made a mistake” in launching the war against Ukraine. “It was his mistake to enter (Ukraine). He wouldn’t have gone if I was president,” he said.
refuse to lose
In contrast, Trump on Thursday refused to admit losing the 2020 presidential election.
When the ‘CNN’ anchor pressed the former US president and asked him directly if he would publicly admit to losing the 2020 election, Trump didn’t directly answer the question, then slammed the US administration. current President Joe Biden.
And when the former US president was asked if he felt he owed his former vice president, Mike Pence, an apology for the events of the Capitol storming, after Pence said the ex-president put his life in danger at the time, Trump replied, “No, because he made a mistake. He had to give the votes back to the state legislatures.”, and I think we’ll get a different outcome,” but the broadcaster responded by saying Mike Pence doesn’t have the authority to overturn the election results.
The rally comes as Trump faces an indictment in New York, investigations into the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, the handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence and possible charges of an investigation into efforts to overthrow the state president. Georgia in 2020, while Trump has said in previous statements that he will continue his campaign regardless of any criminal charges against him.
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