20 June, 2023 – By Brandon Gillespie | Fox News
Trump said he told Putin there would be ‘hell to pay’ if Russia invaded Ukraine
Former President Trump claimed Monday that a conversation he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin delayed the country’s invasion of Ukraine for several years.
Trump made the claim during an exclusive interview on Fox News’ “Special Report,” describing the conversation to anchor Bret Baier, when he told Putin an invasion would be a “catastrophe,” and that there would be “hell to pay.”
“With Putin, I have a very good relationship. I mean, I haven’t spoken to him in a long while, but I had a very strong relationship,” Trump said when asked how he would end the war within 24 hours, as he’s stated on numerous occasions.
When asked about the invasion, the former president said of Putin: “He wouldn’t have done it if it were me. He did it after I left.”
Then-President Trump at a Keep America Great rally in Phoenix Feb. 19, 2020, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Jerusalem on Jan. 23, 2020. (Jim Watson/Getty Images | Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)
“I thought he might do it,” Trump continued. “Look, I talked to him. I said, ‘If you do it, there’s going to be hell to pay. It’s going to be a catastrophe. Don’t do it.'”
Putin initially did not believe Trump would take any action, according to Trump, but he pushed back: “I told him I was going to do something. He said, ‘No, no, no, you will not do that.’ I said, ‘I will, Vladimir, I will do it. I’m going to do it.'”
Trump, also a 2024 presidential candidate, said Putin believed “maybe 10%” of what he was saying, but that 10% was “all you needed” to stop the invasion from happening. “It was only after I left [office] that you started hearing about this,” he added.
When asked whether he thought Ukraine was a separate country from Russia, Trump stated it was, but that it used to be one country, and “Putin liked it that way.”
Ukrainians cross an improvised path under a destroyed bridge while fleeing Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
As for the current conflict, the presidential candidate said he would not weigh in on what might be involved in a negotiation between the two countries – such as Russia keeping control of Crimea – as it would “impede a negotiation.”
However, he said he could negotiate a resolution “within 24 hours.”
“But I’m telling you, within 24 hours – that’s what I did. I became very rich by doing deals. Very rich. And you know what? Much more so than people even understand. And that’s what I do,” Trump said.
Former President Trump sits down for an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier on “Special Report” on June 19, 2023. (Fox News)
“I would have a deal done in 24 hours from the time we started. And I would tell Zelenskyy something and I would tell Putin something, and I’d get him into a room, and I’d tell him again, and again,” Trump said.
He added: “I would have a deal done very quickly. And you know what? The death would stop, and the destruction would stop because, look, Ukraine has been wiped out.”
Russia’s current invasion of Ukraine has lasted more than 480 days.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claims-conversation-putin-delayed-russian-invasion-ukraine
“I thought he might do it,” Trump continued. “Look, I talked to him. I said, ‘If you do it, there’s going to be hell to pay. It’s going to be a catastrophe. Don’t do it.’”
He should have listened, now his evil obsession with Ukraine is destroying what’s left of his godforsaken nation.
What the two of them may or may not have said to each other was not preserved for record as it should have been.
I do believe it’s quite possible trump got wind of putler’s desire to take over Ukraine, but if trump really gave a warning or to what extent it was, we may never know for sure. putler admitted he wished he would have escalated hostilities earlier and high degree of probability he would still have done so even if trump had won the 2020 election.
In more than 20 years nobody has released conversations with Hitler 2.0 so I’d bet it’s a precondition. Even Tymoshenko had to keep their negotiations private when Hitler 2.0 stopped pumping gas to Europe and blamed Ukraine for stealing it.
Leave Yulia out of this. 😇
I think she did a good job getting the gas back on, no thanks to Yanukobytch arresting her shortly after…
Even if not publicly released, it still is the law that it has to be documented.
In the U.S. at least.
And preferably not clogging the WH toilets.
The orange monkey is a filthy liar. He’s now claiming to have told the evil stinking rat not to do it, there is hell to pay for invading Ukraine, but then announces to the world what a brilliant move it was for putler to invade Ukraine. Such statements are made for his horde of brainless fans.
Should he be elected again there will indeed be hell to pay, for Ukraine.
By the way, what is the life expectancy for orange baboons?
Here is what Trumpkov actually said when putler unleashed genocide:
https://www.newsweek.com/what-trump-has-said-about-putin-since-russian-invasion-ukraine-began-1687730
His asshole son is even worse; the Zhirinovsky to Trump’s putler. You can Google what he said.
Google Col Douglas Macgregor to see how Trump’s words about Ukraine are formulated.
And yes, Trump already established his position on Crimea back in 2014 in a notorious interview with George Stephanopoulos.
Trump took US nuclear secrets:
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-65852074
Yeah, you’re right, there is NO WAY Trump could have moderated his position or learned something about Ukraine since 2014…
Just ignore everything recent right? It is SO much easier to just hate than critical think your way into something rational, lol…Hate is what Libertarians do best.
“there is NO WAY Trump could have moderated his position or learned something about Ukraine since 2014…”
Actually, it’s highly doubtful. But had you bothered to read the article, all the comments are from the past few months.
I read the article. That will be enough of your insults, if they continue, you won’t.
No insult was intended, but the article that scradge1 posted only contained recent comments. So for you to write “since 2014” and “ignore everything recent” made it seem as though you hadn’t read it.