US President Donald Trump speaks to the media, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington.

Donald Trump has just accused Vladimir Putin of selling him “bullshit” about the Ukraine war in a moment Kyiv, and its allies, have been rooting for.

The US president has long swallowed his Russian counterpart’s claims about his invasion of Ukraine, irrespective of how the rest of the west interprets the Kremlin’s promises.

When Putin first launched its offensive into Ukraine back in February 2022, Trump – who had been ousted from office the year before – called the ruthless land grab “savvy” and “genius”.

In 2023, he promised he would resolve the war within 24 hours because “there’s a very easy negotiation to take place”.

While Europe sent money and weapons to Kyiv so it could protect its sovereignty and isolate Putin on the world stage through sanctions, Trump seemed indifferent about the threat Russian expansionism posed to the whole continent.

In fact, he seemed to be a friend to Putin.

Weeks after he was re-elected to the White House, Trump shouted at Ukrainian........

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