But his frustration with Putin has grown. Last week, the president said the United States was taking “a lot of bullshit” from Putin. Today, he authorized a significant shipment of U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine via NATO and threatened Russia with new tariffs if the war does not end in 50 days.

Trump said he believed four times that a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine was possible. When asked if he trusts Putin, the U.S. president responded, “I trust almost nobody.” “I'm disappointed in him,

Donald Trump has ruled out sending long-range missiles to Ukraine, after reports suggested he was considering giving Kyiv weapons that could strike as far as Moscow. Asked on Tuesday whether the US would deliver deep-strike munitions to Ukraine, Mr Trump said: “No, we’re not looking to do that.”

Donald Trump is still just becoming wise to the notion that Russian President Vladimir Putin might not be a good-faith actor on the international stage. On Sunday, the president announced plans to send an unspecified number of Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, and all but admitted that Putin has hitherto charmed and strung him along.

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President Donald Trump is reportedly frustrated with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine war and is considering new sanctions and indirect military support via sales to NATO countries. But in his half year back in office,

"I'm speaking to President Zelensky tomorrow in the morning, and I'm very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin," U.S. President Donald Trump told journalists.

It remains to be seen just how lasting and severe President Donald Trump’s turn against Vladimir Putin will be. Trump has criticized the Russian president in unprecedented terms in recent days and signaled he’ll send vital weapons to Ukraine.