Donald Trump has officially assumed the presidency of the United States and continues to answer questions about how he plans to stop Russia's war against Ukraine. After his inauguration on January 20, Trump in the Oval Office confirmed the need for a speedy end to the war between Russia and Ukraine and announced plans to meet with Putin after the establishment of relevant negotiations. According to the new owner of the White House, the process is already underway.

Deal on war “He (Putin) must make an agreement... I think that Russia will have big problems... He cannot be delighted, he is not doing so well. I mean he's trying, but most people thought the war would be over in about a week, and now it's been going on for three years, right “Trump said, adding that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also “wants a deal.”.

According to Trump, about 1 million Russian soldiers and 700 thousand died in the Russian war against Ukraine. Ukrainian military personnel. . About 700? 000 Ukrainian soldiers died. Russia is bigger, they have lost more soldiers, but this is not the way to run a country,” said the US President. And he added that the length of the war lasts does not show the Russian dictator “in the best light.”.

“I think he is destroying Russia without making a deal... Russia is in big trouble. Look at their economy, look at inflation in Russia. I get along great with Putin, I hope he wants to make a deal,” Trump said.

Negotiations are already underway?

Marco Rubio, who has already been confirmed by the US Senate as US Secretary of State, told reporters that Washington cannot set a time frame for ending the war in Ukraine.

Rubio suggested that each side would have to make concessions, which are a natural part of resolving any conflict..

“Whenever you end a conflict between two parties, neither of which can achieve their maximum goals, each side will have to give up something,” CNN quotes him as saying..

The new Secretary of State did not specify what kind of concessions might be discussed, but noted that the final decision will be made by Russia and Ukraine. Rubio also said ending the war is Trump's top priority..

“One would hope that some of the preparatory work has already been done, but it will be difficult,” he said. “Russia is the aggressor in this conflict, but this war must be stopped.”.

What will Trump put pressure on? Trump said his words about the deplorable state of the Russian economy for a reason, experts say. The head of the Trump transition team at the Pentagon and the former head of the US Department of Veterans Affairs during the first Trump administration, Robert Wilkie, in an interview with the BBC, suggested that the US President would put pressure on Putin and Zelensky in order to achieve an end to hostilities in Ukraine.

Trump's first call, according to Robert Wilkie, will be addressed to Vladimir Putin. The expert believes that Trump will make it clear to the Russian president that in the event of Russia’s refusal to negotiate with Ukraine, the United States will give Zelensky “everything he needs to resist aggression.”.

To Zelensky, according to Wilkie, in the event of a refusal to negotiate, Donald Trump will probably say that Kyiv, “in the opinion of the American people and the Starmer government,” has not done enough to protect its country.

“You don’t conscript the majority of the population... But unless you fully mobilize all the resources of your country, you cannot ask your friends on the continent or the United States to do more than you yourself are willing to do,” Wilkie predicts Trump’s position..

According to Wilkie, Putin will have to very carefully evaluate the consequences of his refusal to negotiate.

“And I’ll tell you why. Because one of the orders that are being signed as we speak will allow American energy potential to be realized.

The taps with liquefied natural gas will be opened and sent to Europe,” the expert noted, mentioning Trump’s decision to lift the moratorium on issuing new licenses for LNG exports from the United States.

In addition, Trump has already promised to significantly increase oil production.

“America’s presence in the global oil market will begin to influence prices. The price of a barrel of oil will drop from $100 to $40, as it was at the end of Trump’s first term.. This will ruin the Russian economy, putting a huge strain on Putin’s war economy,” said Robert Wilkie.