Donald Trump speaks to the press at Mar-a-Lago on Monday - Evan Vucci/AP
The Telegraph: Donald Trump has suggested that he could reverse permission for Ukraine to use American missiles inside of Russia.
Speaking at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago he said it was a “big mistake” to permit Ukraine to strike targets within Russia with US-supplied long-range missiles.
“Especially just weeks before I take over. Why would they do that without asking me what I thought? I think that was a big mistake,” he said.
Asked by a reporter if he would consider reversing the decision once in office he responded: “I might yeah. I thought it was a very stupid thing to do.”
He also said on Monday he would talk to Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, and Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, about bringing the war in Ukraine to an end, saying he is troubled by images of carnage from the conflict.
“It’s got to stop,” Mr Trump said.
He did not give a direct answer when asked whether he believed Ukraine should cede territory to Russia as part of a negotiated settlement to the nearly three-year-old war.
Mr Trump said much of the territory in dispute has been reduced to rubble and would take a century to recover from.
He has previously claimed that the missiles decision by the outgoing president risked “escalating this war and making it worse”.
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