US president voices frustration over the continuing war in Ukraine, says Vladimir Putin is ‘killing a lot of people’.United States President Donald Trump says he is not happy with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over the continuation of the war in Ukraine and suggests he is considering additional sanctions against Moscow.
“We get a lot of b******t thrown at us by Putin,” Trump said during a meeting with his cabinet at the White House on Tuesday. “He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.”
Putin is “killing a lot of people” and a lot of them are his soldiers and Ukraine’s forces, Trump added.
When asked about his interest in a bill proposed by the Senate for further sanctions on Russia, Trump said: “I’m looking at it very strongly.”
But he refused to preview his plans further when asked whether he will act on his frustration with Putin.
“I wouldn’t be telling you. Don’t we want to have a little surprise?” Trump told reporters. He then pivoted to discussing the lengthy planning for last month’s US strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Trump made the comments as French President Emmanuel Macron said in an address to the British Parliament that Europe will “never abandon Ukraine”.
Macron stressed that the United Kingdom and France will work with a “coalition of the willing” to support Ukraine.
“We will fight till the very last minute in order to get the ceasefire, in order to start the negotiations to build this robust and s …
