“We must end this war”

The elected president of the United States, donald trumpassured this Thursday that the Russian president, Vladimir Putinwants to meet with him and that they are taking steps so that this meeting can take place.

“He wants us to meet, so we’re going to fix it.”Trump said in a speech before the cameras at his residence in Mar-a-Lago (Florida), after meeting with Republican governors.

“President Putin wants us to meet, he has even said it publicly and we have to end that war. It is a bloody mess. Soldiers are being killed,” said the Republican in statements reported by Efe and referring to the war in Ukraine, which in 11 days will assume power for the second time in the United States.

Trump, who spoke tonight from his West Palm Beach mansion after attending the state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, also said that his team “has a lot of communication” with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping and that he has spoken with many world leaders, but has not yet spoken to Putin.

The president-elect has promised to end the war in Ukraine when he takes power on January 20 and assured that he will achieve a ceasefire and bring Putin and the Ukrainian president to the negotiating table, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Democrats have criticized Trump in the past for showing sympathy toward Putin and not having done enough to disengage and investigate the work of some of his collaborators with Russia to interfere and affect the results of the 2016 election, which the Republican ultimately won. against Hillary Clinton.