September and October, then-candidate Donald Trump waved away concerns about how he would manage Russia’s war in Ukraine, the largest ground conflict in Europe since World War II. In June, September and October,

Trump declared dozens of times that he would have a deal in place between Ukraine and Russia on his first day in office, if not before. His advisers now concede the war will take months to resolve. "I really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon to get that war ended,

Asked if a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is on the horizon, President Trump told members of the World Economic Forum, “you’re going to have to ask Russia.” Trump also stated the war would not have started had he been in office.