The US magazine "Newsweek" reported that former US President Donald Trump announced that he wants to mediate a peace between Russia and Ukraine.
A report for the magazine said that Trump - whose dealings with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine caused several investigations with him, and his trial by Congress to remove him from the presidency - announced his volunteering, after Russian President Vladimir Putin began to escalate tensions between his country and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The magazine quoted two of Trump's messages - on his "Truth Social" website - that he was concerned about the apparent sabotage of the undersea gas pipeline between eastern Russia and Europe, and urged the US leadership to remain "calm and cool" in addressing the issue. position, then indicated that he would likely lead efforts to broker a deal.
Be smart, strategic and clever
"Don't make things worse with the pipeline blown up, be strategic, be smart (good!), get a deal negotiated now. Both sides need it and want it. The whole world is at stake. I'm going to lead the group," Trump said.
The report said that Trump and his supporters believe that Putin would never have attacked Ukraine had Trump been president, and that Trump once called Putin's attack on Ukraine a "genius", adding that the United States should use a similar approach to deal with the flow of migrants to its lands on the southern border. with Mexico.
Trump regularly urged the leaders of Russia and Ukraine before the ongoing war to meet and resolve their differences, telling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2019 that he hoped he and Putin could "get together and solve your problem."
This drew large numbers on social media shortly after Putin's attack on Ukraine.