By Olawale Olalekan
United States President Donald Trump has expressed scepticism about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motives regarding the war with Ukraine.
This is as Trump suggested Putin may be “just tapping me along” in their interactions.
In a recent statement posted on Truth Social, Trump indicated a need to rethink his strategy, asserting that Putin must now be “dealt with differently.”
He said: “There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days.
“It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through ‘Banking’ or ‘Secondary Sanctions?’ Too many people are dying!!!”
Trump’s statement comes after Russia conducted a missile strike in Kyiv that killed 12 people and wounded 87 on Wednesday.
Also, on Saturday, Putin boasted that Moscow’s forces managed to regain control of the western Russian city of Kursk, which Ukraine captured last August in a surprising military operation.
The New Diplomat reports also that Trump’s comments come after he met with Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the sidelines of Pope Francis’s burial in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy.
