Trump Repeats His Favourite Kremlin Talking Point In Latest Anti-Ukraine Outburst

President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Donald Trump has once again repeated his favourite Kremlin talking point by suggesting Ukraine had waged war on Russia.The US president overlooked the fact that the conflict began with Russia’s invasion of its neighbour in February, 2022.Since then, Ukraine has been defending itself as Vladimir Putin tries to achieve his ambition of taking over the whole country.But despite that, Trump said Ukraine had been wrong to “go into a war” with a country 15 times its size.He said: “War is very tricky, very horrible, but with war you never know. Things change. People go into war thinking they’re going to win the war and they get their asses kicked and they lose their country and they lose millions of lives.“Nobody goes into a war thinking they’re going to lose. I’m sure that Ukraine thought they were going to win, you’re going to beat someone that’s 15 times your size ... you don’t go into a war that’s 15 times your size.”Trump: "People go into war thinking they're going to win the war and they get their asses kicked...Nobody goes into a war thinking they're going to lose. I'm sure Ukraine thought they were going to win, going to beat somebody 15x your size...You don't go into a war that's 15x… pic.twitter.com/3ZonElzvAS— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) August 26, 2025His comments echo the views of Putin, who believes Russia was forced to launch its land grab because of the eastward expansion of Nato, which Ukraine wants to join.Trump has taken a number of different stances on the war since becoming president again in January, from attacking Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House to condemning Putin’s ongoing bombing campaign.He literally rolled out the red carpet for Putin in Alaska two weeks ago, the subsequent peace talks failed to produce any agreement.Meanwhile, subsequent discussions between Trump, Zelenskyy and European leaders in Washington were similarly unproductive.Hopes of a summit involving Putin and Zelenskyy have also faded in recent days, with both sides continuing to bomb one another with no end to the war in sightRelated...UK Security Expert Explains How Putin Has 'Really Lost Badly Already' In UkraineWhy Does Donald Trump Keep Choosing Vladimir Putin Over Ukraine?Volodymyr Zelenskyy Delivers Blunt Message To Donald Trump After His Ukraine War U-Turn

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