Putin on Trump Saying There Would Be No War if He Had Been President in 2022: ‘I’m Quite Sure That It Would Indeed Be So; I Can Confirm That’

Putin [via interpreter]: “ — of the Ukrainian issue, but also will help us bring back business-like and pragmatic relations between Russia and the U.S. And in the end, I would like to add one more thing. I’d like to remind you that in 2022, during the last contact with the previous administration, I tried to convince my previous American colleague that it should not — the situation should not be brought to the point of no return when it would come to hostilities. And I said it quite directly back then, that it’s a big mistake. Today, when President Trump is saying that if he was the president back then, there would be no war. And I’m quite sure that it would indeed be so. I can confirm that. I think that, overall, me and President Trump have built a very good business-like and —“