Viral Interview: Trump claims Putin's Ukraine ambition blocked under him
Published May 1st, 2025 - 10:06 GMT
ALBAWABA - A video of U.S. President Donald Trump in an interview with ABC that showed his "quick-witted" and ungainly reaction to the presenter when he questioned whether Trump trusted Russian President Vladimir Putin went viral on social media. Also Read Trump: Ukraine will be crushed soon
Former US President Donald Trump shared his thoughts on Russian President Vladimir Putin and the current crisis in Ukraine in a televised interview. He made a number of noteworthy statements on peace, trust, and Putin's goals.
The journalist questioned Trump directly whether he thought Putin wanted peace, to which Trump said, "I believe he does, absolutely." The presenter persisted, however, bringing up Russia's ongoing missile strikes on Ukraine. Although Trump said that Putin's "dream was to take over all of Ukraine," he maintained that he did not think Putin would have followed through on that goal under Trump's leadership. Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has turned US foreign policy upside down, sent shock waves through the financial markets and turned the Oval Office into one "happening" after another. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Maxim Shemetov / AFP)
After then, the conversation turned to trust. In a direct response to the question, "Do you trust him (Putin)?" Trump said, "I don't trust you, I don't trust many people." Refocusing attention on the interviewer, whom he referred to as Barry, Trump denounced the questions as "fictitious."
USA has now signed a minerals deal with Ukraine worth billions.Trump has tried convincing Putin to accept Trump's demand for a 30-day-ceasefire. Putin refuses.
Trump has previously said he'd send Ukraine a lot of weapons 'more than they ever had' if Putin refuses a peace deal pic.twitter.com/Mpov9dK7sA — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 30, 2025
Trump went on: "You're not telling the truth... Although I don't trust many people, I believe that Putin respects me and that I will prevent him from assuming total control. However, his option and choice would have been to annex all of Ukraine, and this is an unnecessary conflict."
Trump went on: "You're not telling the truth... I don't trust many people, but I think Putin respects me and that he won't take over everything because of me. However, he would have made the decision to annex all of Ukraine, and this is a conflict that shouldn't have occurred."
Activists on the "X" platform shared the video widely. "Call emergency services, there's a murder in this interview," one of them said in English, alluding to the notion that Trump's response was pivotal.
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