Former US president, Donald Trump, has voiced his readiness and capability to end the Russian-Ukrainian war in 24 hours if re-elected US president.
In a recent CNN town hall held in New Hampshire, Trump who had earlier announced his bid for 2024 comeback as 47th President under the auspices of the Republican party disclosed his plans to nip the protracted war in Ukraine in the bud by negotiating directly with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
“I’ll meet with Putin. I’ll meet with Zelensky. They both have weaknesses and they both have strengths. And within 24 hours, that war will be settled. It’ll be over.” Trump said.
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The 45th US president further stressed his position on the war which became a year old on February 24:
“I don’t think in terms of winning and losing. I think in terms of getting it settled.
“I want everybody to stop dying. They’re dying. Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I’ll have that done,” Trump said, opposing the establishment of Republican policy backing Kyiv.
“I’ll have that done in 24 hours. I’ll have it done. You need the power of the presidency to do it,” Trump said.
Asked if he believes that Putin is a war criminal for alleged atrocities committed in Ukraine, Trump quickly identified the imminent threat in outright criminalizing Putin’s actions. According to him:
“If you say he’s a war criminal it’s going to be a lot tougher to make a deal to make this thing stop.
“If he’s going to be a war criminal, people are going to grab him and execute him, he’s going to fight a lot harder than he’s fighting under the other circumstance. That’s something to be discussed another day.”
However, the former president admitted invading Ukraraine was a wrong move by Putin. According to him;
“His mistake was going in. He would have never gone in if I was president.”