Trump Blames Ukraine for War, Says “You Don’t Start a Fight With a Country 20 Times Your Size”

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During a joint press conference, Trump and Bukele addressed reporters, with the first question focused on the ongoing war in Ukraine. Trump criticized the Biden administration, calling the war a "mistake" and blaming the U.S. for allowing the conflict to unfold. He also commented on a recent Russian missile attack in Sumy that killed 34 people, which he previously described as a "mistake." Trump emphasized, “You don’t start a war with a country 20 times your size.”

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00:00The mistake was letting the war happen.

00:02If Biden were competent, and if Zelensky were competent,

00:06that war should have never been allowed to happen.

00:08You get a country where 25% of its land is gone,

00:12and the best locations, where millions of people are killed.

00:16You know, you haven't reported accurately the death.

00:20And this was Biden's war, and I'm trying to stop it.

00:23The mistake was letting the war happen.

00:25If Biden were competent, and if Zelensky were competent,

00:30and I don't know that he is,

00:31we had a rough session with this guy over here.

00:34He just kept asking for more and more.

00:36That war should have never been allowed to happen.

00:38That war, I went four years, and Putin wouldn't even bring it up.

00:42And as soon as the election was rigged and I wasn't here,

00:46that war started.

00:47There was no way that war should have been allowed to happen.

00:50And Biden should have stopped it.

00:53And you take a look at Putin,

00:56I'm not saying anybody's an angel,

00:58but I will tell you, I went four years,

01:00and it wasn't even a question.

01:02He would never, and I told him,

01:04don't do it, you're not going to do it.

01:06And it was the apple of his eye,

01:07but there was no way that he would have done it.

01:09All you had to do is lower oil prices.

01:11If you lowered oil prices,

01:13Biden kept the prices so high

01:15because he made it impossible to get it.

01:18If you lowered oil prices,

01:19you would have never had the war.

01:20But you wouldn't have had it with me anyway.

01:22That war would have never happened.

01:23And I think it's a great abuse.

01:26So now what do you do?

01:27You get a country where 25% of its land is gone

01:31and the best locations,

01:33where millions of people are killed.

01:35You know, you haven't reported accurately the death.

01:39And this was Biden's war,

01:41and I'm trying to stop it.

01:42And I think we're going to do a good job.

01:44I hope we're going to do.

01:45They lose 2,500 young people a week,

01:49think, on average.

01:50Now, they're Russians and they're Ukrainians,

01:54but it's 2,000.

01:55We don't care.

01:56It's like whatever it is.

01:58They're not from your country.

01:59They're not from mine,

02:00but I want to stop it.

02:012,500, it's a killing field.

02:04It's like the civil war.

02:05You take a look.

02:06I look at the satellite pictures.

02:09This should not be happening in our time.

02:12Of course, our time can be pretty violent, as we know.

02:15But that's a war that should have never been allowed to start.

02:18And Biden could have stopped it,

02:22and Zelensky could have stopped it,

02:24and Putin should have never started it.

02:27Everybody's to blame.

02:29Have you spoken to President Zelensky, sir,

02:31about his offer to purchase more Patriot missile batteries?

02:35Oh, I don't know.

02:35He's always looking to purchase missiles.

02:37You know, he's against...

02:38Listen, when you start a war,

02:41you've got to know that you can win the war, right?

02:42You don't start a war against somebody

02:44that's 20 times your size

02:45and then hope that people give you some missiles.

02:50If we didn't give them what we gave...

02:52Remember, I gave them javelins.

02:55That's how they won their first big battle,

02:57with the tanks that got stuck in the mud,

03:00and they took them out with javelins.

03:01They have an expression that Obama, at the time...

03:05Obama gave them sheets,

03:06and Trump gave them javelins.

03:08But just something that should have never happened.

03:12It's a real shame.

03:14The towns are destroyed.

03:16Towns and cities are, you know, largely destroyed.

03:20They have the spires, you know,

03:22the beautiful spires that go up.

03:24They say they were the most beautiful in the world,

03:26in Ukraine, for whatever reason.

03:28But the most beautiful in the world,

03:30they're mostly laying on their side,

03:31shattered and broken.

03:33And most importantly, you have millions of people dead.

03:35Millions of people dead because of three people.

03:40I would say three people.

03:42Let's say Putin, number one.

03:45But let's say Biden,

03:46who had no idea what the hell he was doing.

03:49Number two, and Zelensky.

03:52And all I can do is try and stop it.

03:54That's all I want to do.

03:56I want to stop the killing.

03:57And I think we're doing well in that regard.

04:00I think you'll have some very good proposals very soon.

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Trump Blames Ukraine for War, Says “You Don’t Start a Fight With a Country 20 Times Your Size”

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