A testy President Trump got defensive when pressed on why Russia’s war on Ukraine hasn’t already ended under his watch — arguing in a sweeping new interview, “Do you hear this … I just got here.”
The commander-in-chief fired back in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine published Friday when asked about his pledge to swiftly end the three-year war once he took back the White House.
“Well, I don’t think it’s long. I mean, look, I got here three months ago. This war has been going on for three years,” Trump responded when asked what was taking so long to halt the bloodshed.
“It’s a war that would have never happened if I was president. It’s Biden’s war. It’s not my war. I have nothing to do with it. I would have never had this war. This war would have never happened. Putin would have never done it. This war would have never happened.”
“You then say, what’s taking so long? Do you hear this, Steve? The war has been raging for three years. I just got here, and you say, what’s taken so long?” he continued.
It comes after Trump on Thursday told reporters “I have my own deadline” for ending the war — as his administration continues to try to broker a cease-fire deal between the two countries.
