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“Russia” said in 49 of 72 transcripts, 232 times.

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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 22, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO 11 times

  1. …discussions today, and things are going along pretty well as regarding Ukraine-Russia. We thought it would be a little bit easier. That's turned out…
  2. …they've really band together. They are not happy about what's happening with Russia and Ukraine. They're not happy at all. Neither am I. Jeff . Yes…
  3. …it said that I gave Ukraine permission to shoot missiles deep into Russia. I didn't do that. Second of all, they're not using our missiles…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With President Volodymyr Zelenskky of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 3 times

  1. …see what happens there. But India will not be buying oil from Russia, and they've already deescalated, and they've more or less stopped. They're pulling…
  2. …this war over. Okay? I just heard about it, a tunnel from Russia to Alaska. I just heard about that one. That's an interesting one…
  3. …we made it possible. But this came up yesterday: a tunnel from Russia to Alaska. That's an interesting—what do you think of that, Mr…

Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With President Javier Milei of Argentina and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 3 times

  1. …war. And, you know, they have long lines waiting for gasoline in Russia right now. Right? They have long lines. Who thought that was going…
  2. …I give credit, because who would think that Ukraine could have fought Russia for 4 years to essentially a standstill? Now, there has been some…
  3. …that should have never happened, but it did. But it's not making Russia look good. I will tell you that. We'll be talking about Ukraine…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo of Finland and an Exchange With Reporters

Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump's Bilateral meeting with President of Finland 7 times

  1. …through. You know, you have a great military. And you've been fighting Russia for a long time. So how many years have you been indirectly…
  2. …But we are really working more closely together, having to do with Russia-Ukraine. And I would have thought that would have been easier, because…
  3. …number eight for me—number eight. And I would have thought the Russia deal maybe would have been one of the easier ones. And unfortunately…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 25, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …about both. I'd like to have him stop buying any oil from Russia while Russia continues this rampage against Ukraine. And they've been fighting. They've…
  2. …best thing he could do is not buy oil and gas from Russia. If he didn't—if he did that, that would be probably the…
  3. …And I'm not going to ever call anybody a paper tiger, but Russia has spent millions and millions of dollars in bombs, missiles, ammunition, and…

Remarks During a Meeting With President Emmanuel Macron of France and an Exchange With Reporters in New York City

Sep 23, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …fighting on a lot of fronts. He's helping with regard to the Russia-Ukraine catastrophe. And his words of wisdom mean a lot. And we've…
  2. …ways. And that's been a terrible war. It should have ended. And Russia should have stopped it, but they've been 3½ years, and they've gotten…
  3. …too, and they've proven that. Maybe it's a—it could be that Russia is a paper tiger. I don't know what they are, but 3…

The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Sep 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump-Starmer Bilateral 6 times

  1. …me down. He's really let me down. It was going to be Russia and Ukraine, but we'll see how that turns out. But that turned…
  2. …going to get done. It will all get done right. And likewise, Russia and Ukraine will get done. But it's—you never know in war…
  3. …along. And they were going at it hot and heavy. But the Russia situation—I hope we're going to have some good news for you…

Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 26, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …in here before. The war should have never started with Ukraine and Russia. It would have never started. And Putin said that himself. President Putin…
  2. …quickly with regard to Gaza and also with regard to Ukraine and Russia. Yes, please. Well, we have some very good people for that position…
  3. …stop it if it does. We can't let these things happen. The Russia-Ukraine situation—last week, 7,012 soldiers—7,012 soldiers died. They…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …know, I'm—I've always had a very good relationship, despite a fake "Russia, Russia, Russia" haunt that we had, but we've always had a great…
  2. …country other than Ukraine—for the most part, other than Ukraine and Russia. But it's a very important thing to me to stop it. I…
  3. …we are the most powerful nuclear country in the world by far. Russia is second. China is third. China is going to catch, eventually—5…

Remarks Following a Meeting With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Jul 28, 2025 Meeting 10 times

  1. …I don't need your help with Iran. I need your help with Russia." And so that's the one deal that continues to linger. And, you…
  2. …is. And look, the Russian—I don't want to do that to Russia. I love the Russian people. They're great people. I don't want to…
  3. …ball game. We settled it. This is one that should be settled, Russia-Ukraine. This is one that really should be settled. Well—— Well, I…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 14, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …today is to hear that we are very unhappy—I am— with Russia, but we'll discuss that maybe a different day. But we're very, very…
  2. …as you know, we've spent $350 billion, approximately, on this war with Russia and Ukraine, and we'd like to see it end. It wasn't my…
  3. …The only one we haven't been able to get to yet is Russia, and I'm not happy. And I will tell you that Ukraine wants…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Jul 8, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …I watch the Democrats, and they have standard lines, like they had "Russia, Russia, Russia." They had the "laptop from hell." "It all came from…
  2. …a story out of the laptop from hell, saying it came from Russia, but it actually came from Hunter Biden's bedroom or worse. And just…
  3. …scam"—greatest scam in the history of our country, other than maybe "Russia, Russia, Russia." That might have been. But the "green new scam" was…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and an Exchange With Reporters in Kananaskis, Canada

Jun 16, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …8. Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn't want to have Russia in. And I would say that that was a mistake, because I…
  2. …that, 9 years ago?—8 years ago?— ——it switched over. They threw Russia out, which I claimed was a very big mistake. Even though I…
  3. …was a mistake in that you spend so much time talking about Russia, and he's no longer at the table. So, it makes life more…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters

Jun 5, 2025 Meeting 13 times

  1. …what's going on. We both feel that way. What's going on with Russia-Ukraine and other things we talk about, but Russia-Ukraine in particular…
  2. …would have never happened. But maybe most importantly, the war, Chancellor, with Russia would never have happened with Ukraine. It was something that would have…
  3. …tango. But they'll be—we're going to be very tough. Whether it's Russia or anybody else, we're going to be very tough. That's a bloodbath…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and an Exchange With Reporters

May 21, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …them both, and we just did something good. We're trying to settle Russia-Ukraine. We spoke with President Putin for 2½ hours the day before…
  2. …people, it's not our soldiers, it's not our—it's Ukraine, and it's Russia. But if we can save 5,000 souls, we'll do it. You…
  3. …but also, you know, I'm trying to save lives. I'm working with Russia and Ukraine. I don't have to do that. It's not our war…

Remarks in a Roundtable Meeting With Business Leaders and an Exchange With Reporters in Doha, Qatar

May 15, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …fast and deadly—horrible, actually. When you look at what's happening with Russia and Ukraine, the drone is killing tremendous numbers of people. You hide…
  2. …have the strongest military in the world, by far—not China, not Russia, not anybody. We have the best military equipment in the world. And…
  3. …the world psychologically. So we think we're going to do well with Russia-Ukraine. Five thousand soldiers are being killed every single week, on average…

Remarks During a Meeting of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026

May 6, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …there. So we're going to—get that war stopped. Okay. Yes. Well, Russia used to be a member of what was called, then, the G…
  2. …but I know that President Obama didn't like it, and they voted Russia out. And I say if they didn't vote Russia out—which I…
  3. …them. And you get to know them. And I say that if Russia—if it was the G–8, if Russia were in it, I…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 24, 2025 Meeting 7 times

  1. …in his country. And we've had talks on the war with Ukraine-Russia and trade. We're doing very well, I think, on both. We've had…
  2. …say 2,500 people a week dying—young people, mostly soldiers, from Russia and Ukraine. And we want to end that war. We want to…
  3. …a lot of pressure. You don't know what pressure I'm putting on Russia. They're dealing. You have no idea what pressure I'm putting on Russia…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez of El Salvador and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 5 times

  1. …didn't have any of that. You wouldn't have had the war with Russia-Ukraine. You wouldn't have had the Middle East problem, because Iran was…
  2. …got to solve a war that should have never started, Ukraine and Russia, and we'll get that solved. And we have to solve problems, and…
  3. …really good. Yes, please. Go ahead. Well, I already have sanctions on Russia. I put them there. If you remember Nord Stream 2, that was…

Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 3 times

  1. …say a few words on what's happening with respect to, in particular, Russia-Ukraine, where we have some pretty good news, I think. We want…
  2. …And if you look at the ships outside of Greenland, you have Russia, you have China, you have lots of different people and lots of…
  3. …see it settled. I think they have to have it settled. And Russia wants to see it settled. And I think, if I weren't President…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 13, 2025 Meeting 14 times

  1. …things. Obviously, we'll be discussing what's happening with respect to Ukraine and Russia. At this moment, we have people talking in Russia. We have representatives…
  2. …this—what's happening today—to a complete cease-fire, and we hope Russia will do the same. Thousands of people are being killed—young people…
  3. …from the Netherlands for the most part—— They're not from—they're from Russia and they're from Ukraine, but they're people. And I think everybody feels…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Micheál Martin of Ireland and an Exchange With Reporters

Mar 12, 2025 Meeting 15 times

  1. …it—if it kicks in. We have to see. It's up to Russia now. But we've had a good relationship with both parties, actually, and…
  2. …as we speak. And hopefully, we can get a cease-fire from Russia. And if we do, I think that would be 80 percent of…
  3. …You're—they're not Irish, and they're not from my country. They're from Russia, mostly—almost all from Russia—and from Ukraine. And people could say…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 28, 2025 Meeting 13 times

  1. …continue to do that. We have had some very good discussions with Russia. I spoke with President Putin, and we're going to try and bring…
  2. …will say, until we came along, the Biden administration didn't speak to Russia whatsoever. They didn't speak to anybody. They just allowed this to continue…
  3. …You know, think of the parents. Think of the—whether they're in Russia or Ukraine, think of the parents of all these people being killed…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 27, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …But we're going to be discussing many things today. We'll be discussing Russia- Ukraine. We'll be discussing trade and lots of other items. And I…
  2. …a deal first. Right now, we don't have a deal. We have Russia. We have Ukraine. I think we're very well advanced. I think Russia…
  3. …don't want to do that. But we've had very good talks with Russia, and we've had very good talks, as you know, with Ukraine. Yes…

Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 26, 2025 Meeting 6 times

  1. …going to solve a lot of problems. We're doing very well with Russia-Ukraine. President Zelenskyy is going to be coming on Friday. That's now…
  2. …deal. Most importantly, by far, we're going to make a deal with Russia and Ukraine to stop killing people. They'll stop killing young Russian soldiers…
  3. …very difficult situation. We're right now negotiating very successfully, I think, with Russia and with Ukraine, and we have a lot of countries involved. And…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Emmanuel Macron of France and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 24, 2025 Meeting 8 times

  1. …of progress has been made. We've had some very good talks with Russia. We've had some very good talks with others, and we're trying to…
  2. …Thousands of people are being killed a week. And I would say, Russia—maybe 700,000 people. I think Ukraine, probably, a similar number. And…
  3. …not talking about America's soldiers—soldiers from this country. We're talking about Russia and Ukraine. But on a humanitarian basis, we have to get this…

Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 4, 2025 Meeting 4 times

  1. …to get it done. We're also dealing, I think, very successfully, with Russia-Ukraine. We're going to, hopefully, get that one done at some point…
  2. …when I left, we had no problem. There was no Ukraine and Russia fighting. There was no October 7. There was nothing. And some very…
  3. …allowed it to happen. It would have never happened. And that includes Russia-Ukraine would have never happened—not even a little bit, not even…