President Donald Trump spoke to the press on Air Force One, reiterating his desire for the war and “killing” in Ukraine to stop now. Nevertheless, many European countries are not on board with peace with Putin, with this position led by Poland.  

“They can negotiate something later on down the line,” Trump told reporters, insisting that forces from both sides should “stop at the battle line – go home, stop fighting, stop killing people.”

In terms of what territories Putin would be allowed to keep in a potential deal, Trump was clear: “Well, he’s going to take something. “They fought, and he has a lot of property. He’s won certain property. We’re the only nation that goes in, wins a war and then leaves,” like we did under President Bush in the Middle East,” he added, recalling that he was in favor of America at least “keeping the oil” in Iraq.

Trump also confirmed that he does not intend to provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles due to the U.S.’s own needs, a major loss for Zelensky in terms of trying to push back on Moscow’s recent battlefield wins. Trump also hopes peace can be achieved without any such escalation.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was also disappointed, regarding both the Tomahawk decision and talk of conceding territory to Putin. A fervent supporter of Ukraine and continuing the war against Russia, Tusk said the international community should be putting pressure on Russia, not the Ukrainian leader. 

“None of us should be pressuring Zelensky to make territorial concessions. We should all be pressuring Russia to cease its aggression. Concessions have never been the path to a just and lasting peace,” the Civic Platform (PO) leader wrote on X.

On Saturday, Tusk had also posted on X: “After President Zelenskyy’s talks yesterday in the White House and with European leaders, one thing is absolutely clear: Europe’s solidarity with Ukraine against Russia’s aggression is today more important than ever before.”