Has Donald Trump turned his back to Putin?

Alongside the president of El Salvador, this Monday, April 14, Donald Trump spoke about the conflict in Ukraine once again and identified those he considers solely responsible, among them his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

The American president had already published a message on his platform Truth Social indicating that Volodymyr Zelensky and "the corrupt Joe Biden" had done "a poor job by allowing the outbreak" of the war. Today, he reiterates his statements and believes that “millions of people have died because of three people”, reports the BBC in Russia. “Let's say Putin first, the second is Biden, who didn't understand what was happening, and Zelensky.”

Quite a troubling trio

He adds: “If Biden had been competent, and if Zelensky had been competent, and I don’t know if he was... There should never have been a war. Biden could have stopped it, and Zelensky could have stopped it, and Putin should never have started it.”

“He's still trying to secure missiles. Listen, when you start a war, you need to know that you can win it. You don't start a war against someone twenty times bigger than you, hoping that people will deliver missiles to you,” also emphasised the White House occupant, referring to Zelensky's desire to obtain more missiles.

(MH with Manon Pierre - Source: Le Monde - Illustration: ©picture alliance / newscom | Ken Cedeno)