President Donald Trump criticized former President Barack Obama for allowing Russia to invade Crimea and questioned the possibility of Ukraine recovering Crimea in a peace agreement.
Trump’s comments were produced during a joint press conference at the Oval Office of surrounding Alivode, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
“Do you still agree that Ukraine has to give a territory to win?” A journalist asked Trump.
“Well, it depends on which territory … they have lost a lot of territory, and we will do the best we can, working with Ukraine,” he replied.
Trump then criticized Obama in Crimea and indicated that it is not reluctant to think that Ukraine will recover Crimea in a peace agreement:
When you say Crimea that was delivered during the time when a president named Barack Hussein Obama, who had nothing to do with me, Crimea, which was 11 years ago with Obama, and made a decision. There was a shot shot, there were no fights, there was nothing. They simply delivered it. Now they say: “Well, can you recover it?” I think it will be something very difficult to do. That was given by Barack Obama when he was president, not by Donald Trump.
Trump also declared the press conference that he is not happy with Russia about his attacks on kyiv at dawn on Thursday, that Associated Press’s reports killed at least 12 and wounded about 90 more.
“I didn’t like it last night. I wasn’t happy with that, and we’re in the midst of talking about peace, and missiles were fired, and I wasn’t happy with that,” Trump said.
When asked if he would like sanctions to Russia if the continuous attacks, Trump replied: “I prefer to answer that question in a week.”
“I want to see if we can have a deal. There is no reason to answer it now, but I don’t know how to tell me that way. Things will happen,” he added.
Trump also pointed out that his administration is “pressing a lot about Russia” when a journalist suggested that he was not in his interrogation line.
“You have no idea what pressure is pressing in Russia … we are pressing a lot about Russia,” he said.
Støre Comminging’s Peace Push duration of the Oval office.
“To move towards the end of this war, the American commitment is critical. President Trump made it possible. That is clear, that is obvious. It is really happening,” he said.
“Now, the important thing is that both know they have to comply and have to feel the pressure to fulfill,” he added.
