President Donald Trump has warned Russia and Ukraine may 'have to fight a little longer' before the nation's two leaders are ready to come together for peace talks.
Trump conducted high stakes meetings with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this month as he seeks to restore peace to the region.
He expressed hope the two were close to reaching a point where they could come together to hash out the terms of a peace deal, while simultaneously boasting of a potential trilateral meeting.
Now, as Russia continues its bombardment of Ukraine with drones and missiles, Trump has walked back his ambitions for a bilateral meeting without the United States' involvement, telling The Daily Caller his suggested trilateral is far more likely to materialize.
'A [trilateral] would happen. A [bilateral], I don't know about, but a tri will happen. But, you know, sometimes people aren't ready for it,' Trump said.
