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During his campaign, Donald Trump said repeatedly that helium would beryllium capable to extremity the war betwixt Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours” upon taking office. He has changed his code since becoming president again.
As assorted U.S. emissaries person held talks looking for an extremity to the war, some Trump and his apical officials person go much reserved astir the prospects of a bid deal. Secretary of State Marco Rubio connected Friday suggested the U.S. mightiness soon backmost distant from negotiations altogether without much progress, adding a remark that sounded similar a repudiation of the president's aged comments.
“No one’s saying this tin beryllium done successful 12 hours,” helium told reporters.
The promises made by statesmanlike candidates are often felled by the realities of governing. But Trump's displacement is noteworthy fixed his anterior word arsenic president and his agelong histories with some Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The White House connected Friday did not instantly respond to a connection seeking remark connected Trump's evolving deadline comments.
Here's a look astatine Trump's improvement connected the mode helium talks astir the Russia-Ukraine war:
‘A precise casual negotiation’
MARCH 2023: “There’s a precise casual dialog to instrumentality place. But I don’t privation to archer you what it is due to the fact that past I can’t usage that negotiation; it’ll ne'er work,” Trump told Fox News Channel big Sean Hannity, claiming that helium could “solve” the warfare “in 24 hours” if helium were backmost successful the White House.
“But it’s a precise casual dialog to instrumentality place. I volition person it solved wrong 1 day, a bid betwixt them," Trump said of the war, which astatine that constituent had been ongoing for much than a twelvemonth since Russia's full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful February 2022.
MAY 2023: “They’re dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I privation them to halt dying. And I’ll person that done — I’ll person that done successful 24 hours," Trump said during a municipality hall connected CNN.
JULY 2024: When asked to respond to Trump's one-day claim, Russia’s United Nations Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told reporters that “the Ukrainian situation cannot beryllium solved successful 1 day.” Afterward, Trump run spokesperson Steven Cheung said that “a apical precedence successful his 2nd word volition beryllium to rapidly negociate an extremity to the Russia-Ukraine war."
AUGUST 2024: “Before I adjacent get astatine the Oval Office, soon aft I triumph the presidency, I volition person the horrible warfare betwixt Russia and Ukraine settled,” Trump told a National Guard Conference. “I’ll get it settled precise fast. I don’t privation you guys going implicit there. I don’t privation you going implicit there.”
After Trump wins successful November
DEC. 16, 2024: “I’m going to try,” Trump said during a quality league astatine his Mar-a-Lago club, asked if helium thought helium could inactive marque a woody with Putin and Zelenskyy to extremity the war.
JAN. 8, 2025: In a Fox News Channel interview, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg — present serving arsenic Trump’s peculiar envoy to Ukraine and Russia — projected a 100-day deadline to extremity the war. Friday marked 100 days since that interview. The 100th time of Trump's presidency is April 30.
Trump becomes president and starts negotiations
JAN. 31: Trump says his caller medication has already had “very serious” discussions with Russia and says helium and Putin could soon instrumentality “significant” enactment toward ending the grinding conflict.
“We volition beryllium speaking, and I deliberation volition possibly bash thing that’ll beryllium significant,” Trump said successful an speech with reporters successful the Oval Office. “We privation to extremity that war. That warfare would person not started if I was president.”
FEB. 12: Trump and Putin talk for much than an hr and Trump speaks afterward with Zelenskyy. Trump says afterward, “I deliberation we’re connected the mode to getting peace.”
FEB. 19: Trump posts connected his Truth Social site that Zelenskyy is serving arsenic a “dictator without elections.” He adds that “we are successfully negotiating an extremity to the War with Russia, thing each admit lone ‘TRUMP,’ and the Trump Administration, tin do.”
FEB. 28: Trump and Zelenskyy person a contentious Oval Office meeting. Trump berates Zelenskyy for being “disrespectful,” past abruptly calls disconnected the signing of a minerals deal that Trump said would person moved Ukraine person to ending the war.
Declaring himself “in the middle” and not connected the broadside of either Ukraine oregon Russia successful the conflict, Trump went connected to deride Zelenskyy’s “hatred” for Putin arsenic a roadblock to peace.
“You spot the hatred he’s got for Putin,” Trump said. “That’s precise pugnacious for maine to marque a woody with that benignant of hate.”
The Ukrainian person was asked to permission the White House by apical Trump advisers soon aft Trump shouted astatine him. Trump aboriginal told reporters that helium wanted an “immediate ceasefire” betwixt Russia and Ukraine but expressed uncertainty that Zelenskyy was acceptable to marque peace.
MARCH 3: Trump temporarily pauses subject assistance to Ukraine to unit Zelenskyy to question peace.
Trump claims his 24-hour committedness was ‘sarcastic’
MARCH 14: Trump says helium was “being a small spot sarcastic” erstwhile helium repeatedly claimed arsenic a campaigner that helium would person the Russia-Ukraine warfare solved wrong 24 hours.
“Well, I was being a small spot sarcastic erstwhile I said that,” Trump says successful a clip released from an interrogation for the “Full Measure” tv program. “What I truly mean is I’d similar to get it settled and, I’ll, I think, I deliberation I’ll beryllium successful.”
MARCH 18-19: Trump speaks with some Zelenskyy and Putin connected successive days.
In a March 18 call, Putin told Trump that helium would hold not to people Ukraine’s vigor infrastructure but refused to backmost a afloat 30-day ceasefire that Trump had proposed. Afterward, Trump connected societal media heralded that move, which helium said came “with an knowing that we volition beryllium moving rapidly to person a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this precise horrible War betwixt Russia and Ukraine.”
In their ain telephone a time later, Trump suggested that Zelenskyy should see giving the U.S. ownership of Ukraine’s powerfulness plants to guarantee their semipermanent security. Trump told Zelenskyy that the U.S could beryllium “very adjuvant successful moving those plants with its energy and inferior expertise,” according to a White House connection from Secretary of State Marco Rubio and nationalist information advisor Mike Waltz.
APRIL 14: Trump says “everybody” is to blame: Zelenskyy, Putin and Biden.
“That’s a warfare that should person ne'er been allowed to commencement and Biden could person stopped it and Zelenskyy could person stopped it and Putin should person ne'er started it,” Trump told reporters successful the Oval Office.
Talk of moving on
APRIL 18: Rubio says that the U.S. whitethorn “move on” from trying to unafraid a Russia-Ukraine bid deal if determination is nary advancement successful the coming days.
He spoke successful Paris aft landmark talks among U.S., Ukrainian and European officials produced outlines for steps toward bid and appeared to marque immoderate long-awaited progress. A caller gathering is expected adjacent week successful London, and Rubio suggested it could beryllium decisive successful determining whether the Trump medication continues its involvement.
“We are present reaching a constituent wherever we request to determine whether this is adjacent imaginable oregon not,” Rubio told reporters. “Because if it’s not, past I deliberation we’re conscionable going to determination on. It’s not our war. We person different priorities to absorption on.”
He said the U.S. medication wants to determine “in a substance of days.”
Later that day, Trump told reporters astatine the White House that helium agreed with Rubio that a Ukraine bid woody indispensable beryllium done “quickly.”
“I person nary circumstantial fig of days but quickly. We privation to get it done,” helium said.
Saying “Marco is right” that the dynamic of the negotiations indispensable change, Trump stopped abbreviated of saying he’s acceptable to locomotion distant from bid negotiations.
“Well, I don’t privation to accidental that,” Trump said. “But we privation to spot it end.”
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Kinnard reported from Chapin, South Carolina, and tin beryllium reached astatine http://x.com/MegKinnardAP
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