Trump first criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin for questioning the credibility of Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky as a negotiating partner, saying he was “very angry, pissed off” with the Kremlin chief.
Trump is trying to broker a ceasefire between Ukraine and its Russian invader, and has been pushing Zelensky to sign an agreement to give US firms exclusive access to Ukrainian rare earth minerals.
Later, Trump spoke to reporters on his plane flying back to Washington from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, and toned down some of his criticism.
“I was disappointed in a certain way,“ Trump said.
“So I wasn’t happy with that, but I think he’s going to be good and I certainly wouldn’t want to put secondary tariffs on Russia.”
“We made a deal on rare earth and now he’s saying, well, you know, I want to renegotiate the deal. He wants to be a member of NATO. Well, he was never going to be a member of NATO. He understands that. So if he’s looking to renegotiate the deal, he’s got big problems.”
Putin rejected a joint US-Ukrainian plan for a 30-day ceasefire, and on Friday suggested Zelensky be removed from office as part of the peace process.
Ukraine has accused Russia of dragging out talks with no intention of halting its offensive, with fresh attacks on the northeastern border city of Kharkiv.
Russian forces also captured a village just seven kilometers (four miles) from the border of Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region in their latest advance, Moscow said Sunday.
No ceasefire
Under Ukrainian law, elections are suspended during times of major military conflict, and Zelensky's domestic opponents have all said no ballots should be held until after the conflict.
Zelensky, in his evening address on Saturday, sought to rally his country's allies against Putin.
“For too long now, America’s proposal for an unconditional ceasefire has been on the table without an adequate response from Russia,“ Zelensky said. “There could already be a ceasefire if there was real pressure on Russia.”
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