“There’s tremendous… abnormal hatred between President Zelensky and President Putin. That’s not good,” President Trump told a Q & A after his speech Wednesday to the World Economic Forum. “I believe they’re at a point now where they can come together and get a deal done. And if they don’t, they’re stupid. That goes for both of them,” Trump said. “And I know they’re not stupid, but if they don’t get this done, they are stupid.” “t’s a bloodbath. It’s horrible what’s happening. It’s a drone war. The drones are killing, you know, thousands of people a week. We have to get it stopped,” Trump said. “I don’t want to insult anyone, but you’ve got to get this deal done. Too many people are dying. It’s not worth it.”

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, I hate to say it. I thought that was going to be-so I settled eight wars plus, and I thought that was going to be one of my easier ones. Not the easiest. Some I settled in a matter of hours, because I’m good at that stuff, you know. The United Nations should be doing this. I shouldn’t be doing it, but it doesn’t matter. It’s got to get done-saving a lot of lives. We’re saving millions of lives. With Ukraine and Russia, there’s tremendous hatred between President Zelensky and President Putin. That’s not good. That’s not good for settlements. We know from dealing there’s abnormal hatred. With that being said, I think Russia wants to make a deal. I think Ukraine wants to make a deal, and we’re going to try getting a deal done. We’re getting-I think, Steve, I think I can say that we’re reasonably close. But what happens is oftentimes we’ll have a deal with Russia-Russia’s set-and President Zelensky will not do it. You saw that when he was in the Oval Office. I was not happy. And then we’ll have President Zelensky want to make a deal and Putin doesn’t want to make the deal. It’s a very difficult balance. And it’s big-time. And it’s just-it is, you know, to use a word, it’s a bloodbath. It’s horrible what’s happening. It’s a drone war. The drones are killing, you know, thousands of people a week-thousands. We have to get it stopped. So I believe they’re at a point now. I’m going to meet with President Zelensky later today. I believe they’re at a point now where they can come together and get a deal done. And if they don’t, they’re stupid. That goes for both of them. And I know they’re not stupid, but if they don’t get this done, they are stupid. So I don’t want to insult anyone, but you’ve got to get this deal done. Too many people are dying. It’s not worth it.

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