President Donald Trump said his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, advising Russian officials how to broach the topic of a Ukraine peace deal was a “standard thing.”

On Tuesday, an Oct. 14 call between Witkoff and Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov leaked to Bloomberg, allegedly shows Trump’s envoy suggesting how Putin should pitch a peace deal for the Russia-Ukraine war. When asked about the leak, Trump appeared unbothered, saying the suggestion was standard for negotiations.

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