US President Donald Trump, throughout a cellphone name with European leaders on Monday, mentioned Russian President Vladimir Putin is just not prepared to finish the conflict in Ukraine as he believes he’s successful, in accordance with three Wall Street Journal sources who had been aware of the dialog.
The newspaper mentioned the “acknowledgment was what European leaders had long believed about Putin—but it was the first time they were hearing it from Trump” and ran “counter to what Trump has often said publicly, that he believes Putin genuinely wants peace.”
The WSJ mentioned that though Trump seems to have come round to the concept that Putin is just not prepared for peace, that has not led him to do “what the Europeans and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have been arguing he should do: double down on the fight against Russia.”
The name on Monday included Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The paper mentioned Trump additionally had an earlier cellphone name with European leaders on Sunday, earlier than his two-hour dialog with Putin on Monday.
According to the sources, Trump had indicated then that he may impose sanctions if Putin refused a cease-fire, however by Monday, “he had shifted again.”
“He wasn’t ready to do that. Instead, Trump said he wanted to proceed quickly with lower-level talks between Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican,” the newspaper wrote.
The WSJ mentioned the “European diplomatic offensive” that had began some 10 days earlier in the end didn’t reach getting Trump put stress on Putin via further sanctions, however the course of “helped clarify for everyone, including Trump, where Putin stood: He is unwilling to halt the war at this stage.”
The talks within the Vatican, in accordance with the paper, are anticipated to start out in mid June.
Source: www.anews.com.tr