‘THERE’S TREMENDOUS HATRED’: In an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker, President Donald Trump admitted he has “no idea” if Russian President Vladimir Putin will eventually agree to a peace deal with Ukraine, but took credit for the fact that Russian ground forces have made only meager advances in recent months. 

“I can tell you this, his ambition was stopped to a large extent when he saw that it was me who was now leading the charge,” Trump said. “Russia doesn’t want the strip that they have now. Russia wants all of Ukraine. And if it weren’t me, they would keep going,” he said, glossing over the reality that Putin has not given up his maximalist goals and continues to mount largely ineffective ground offensives at enormous cost in men and materials.