Trump Hints He Will Reward Putin's Invasion By Demanding Ukraine Give Up Land

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Trump Hints He Will Reward Putin's Invasion By Demanding Ukraine Give Up Land

He once again blamed Ukraine for getting invaded and also twice confusingly referred to Alaska as part of Russia.

By S.V. Date
Aug 11, 2025, 03:00 PM EDT

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday hinted he would demand that Ukraine give up territory seized by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin during his three-year invasion and once again blamed Ukraine’s democratically elected leader for getting invaded.

“I get along with Zelenskyy, but, you know, I disagree with what he’s done, very, very severely disagree. This is a war that should have never happened,” Trump said at a White House press conference of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and his recent statement that he cannot legally cede territory.

“I was a little bothered by the fact that Zelenskyy was saying, ‘Well, I have to get constitutional approval,’” Trump said. “I mean, he’s got approval to go into war and kill everybody, but he needs approval to do a land swap because there will be some land-swapping going on.”

Trump announced last week he would host a meeting with Putin in Alaska to broker a peace agreement, and his comments to reporters Monday are the most detailed about his view of what needs to happen to persuade Putin to end the war.

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