So yes, there was a combination of impatience and touch of impatience,
If there was a pendulum of trust and distrust, certainly Russian activity in the past few weeks has proven that we're moving more towards the distrust side of things".
I would be very distrustful and my message to President Trump when he asked, 'Can I trust Putin?' was, 'No, you can't'."
We are working to implement some ideas in connection with the Ukrainian settlement. This work is ongoing,
The continuing attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces on Russia's energy facilities show the complete lack of respect for any obligations related to the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine by the Kyiv regime,
There is nothing concrete yet that we could and should announce. This is a drawn-out process because of the difficulty of its substance."
And almost every day, in response to this proposal, there are Russian drones, bombs, artillery shelling, and ballistic strikes,
The geography and brutality of Russian strikes, not just occasionally, but every day and night, show that Putin couldn’t care less about diplomacy,
I think Trump wants so much a deal with Putin that he will not immediately go in the other direction and put Russia under pressure,
It is an illusion from Trump’s camp that Putin will supply what they want,
There are reasons to believe that we will finish them off,
He’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal and if he does that he’s got some problems, big, big problems,
If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault — which it might not be — but if I think it was Russia’s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,