During Wednesday’s two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kazakhstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned American presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s proposal to stop the war in Ukraine.
JUST IN:
President Putin says he takes Donald Trump’s plan to end the war with Ukraine very seriously and Russia supports it. pic.twitter.com/NQP56y4cCK
— BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) July 4, 2024
Speaking with reporters at the event, Putin said, “The fact that Mr. Trump, as a presidential candidate, says that he is ready and wants to stop the war in Ukraine, we take that very seriously. I haven’t seen his ideas on how exactly he’s going to do that and that is the key question, but I have no doubt that he says that sincerely and we support that.”
Trump has consistently supported getting the Ukraine-Russia war settled as soon as possible so people stop dying.
Powerful moment:
CNN: “Do you want Ukraine to win this war?”
Trump: “I don’t think about it in terms of winning and losing, I think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all these people.”
*Massive audience applause*
The people want peace.pic.twitter.com/Y62bhwPhX7
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) May 11, 2023
One of Trump’s top campaign talking points is that he will end the war as soon as he takes office.
“I think Zelensky is maybe the greatest salesman of any politician that’s ever lived. Every time he comes to our country, he walks away with $60 billion” pic.twitter.com/RQmdGCAZBy
— HOT SPOT (@HotSpotHotSpot) June 16, 2024
With Putin already publicly agreeing to a negotiation, it appears as if Trump may have a good shot at settling the dispute by the time he is re-elected.