White House says Trump is growing increasingly disillusioned with leaders of Russia, Ukraine

This was stated by White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, according to Suspilne.

Leavitt said that Trump has made it clear that he first wants to see a permanent ceasefire to stop the killing, to stop the bloodshed. Also she adds that while he remains optimistic that he can strike a deal, he is also a realist.

According to her, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must sit down at the negotiating table to find a way out of this situation.

At the same time, the spokesperson believes that Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy demonstrates that the U.S. president is putting a lot of effort and time into ending Russia’s war against Ukraine and wants to be the peacemaker president he was during his first term.

• The 5th U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Director of the Eurasian Center at the Atlantic Council, John Herbst, believes that Donald Trump will make a big mistake if he pursues the idea of resetting relations with Russia.