'We've given tremendous amounts to Ukraine, got nothing back,' says Trump on Russia ceasefire.
Oct 21, 2026
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After today's talks in Oslo,
do you believe the peace process is back on track?
And what are your expectations when your special envoy,
Steve Witkoff heads to Russia tomorrow?
Well, I think what's happening
is that Russia would like to get it done.
I think that, and you know, Russia's a big machine.
They just keep grinding forward, and that's what they've done.
They've taken a very large piece of land.
But Ukraine has to want to settle this war.
Zelensky has to want to settle this war.
And if he doesn't, I think it's going to be a very bad thing.
Look, we have given tremendous amounts to Ukraine.
We've got nothing back other than high diesel.
We have given probably,
possibly more money to Ukraine than almost anybody over the years.
Hundreds of billions of dollars.
We've got nothing back.
And the American taxpayers are tired of it.
We want Zelensky to make a deal. He can make a deal.
He could have made a deal two years ago
when we had our little chat in the Oval Office.
But Ukraine has to want to make a deal because
the United States has spent a fortune.
Europe has spent a fortune. Europe's tired of it right now.
They're tired of it right now.
And if they don't make a deal, ultimately, it's just going to get,
in my opinion, it's just really just going to get worse.
They have a very big country in Russia.
They have a lot of people.
They have a lot of people to draw from.
Ukraine does not have a lot of people to draw from,
and it's time to make a deal.
And I say that.
Remember this, though.
We've given a lot to Ukraine.
We've gotten absolutely nothing back except grief,
death, tremendous monetary loss.
So I've helped Ukraine a lot.
It's now time for them to end this war
and stop all those young people from being killed.
We'll
be
right
back.

