Trump Distances Himself From Russian Leader Who ‘Let Me Down’
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Trump, left, and Starmer during a news conference at Chequers, near Aylesbury, UK.
Photographer: Neil Hall/EPAUS President Donald Trump moved further away from Vladimir Putin, saying the Russian leader had “let me down” in the wake of August’s red carpet event in Alaska that was intended to help bring Moscow’s war against Ukraine to a close.
Trump, speaking at a press conference alongside Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the end of a state visit to the UK, said “good news” was in the pipeline related to the war. While he didn’t specify, it was bound to revive expectations that the US would crack down on buyers of Russian energy, which is key to financing Putin’s war machine.