President Donald Trump added that the US should “just” suspend the intelligence news in Ukraine, and that his administration must do whatever it can to make the deal serious about ending the war with Russia.
“You know, I say they don’t have cards. No one really has cards,” Trump told reporters on a gag in Air Force 1 on Sunday evening. “Russia has no cards… All you have to do is to make a deal, you have to stop the killing. It’s a pointless war, and we try to stop it.”
On Friday, Fox News Digital learned from three sources that the US continues to share defensive intelligence with Ukraine and protect it from Russian attacks.
Data supporting federal information, CIA jobs, FBI and human intelligence, and offensive Ukrainian strikes against Russia had already been suspended.
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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Voldimire Zelensky met in Washington, DC on February 28, 2025 at the White House oval office. Trump and Zelensky met to negotiate a preliminary agreement on sharing Ukrainian mineral resources, which Trump says could help Ukraine’s economy while retrieving the aid provided to Kiev. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
When asked if Trump would consider lifting Inter’s pause in Ukraine during the Gaggle, the US said.
“We, we just have, that means we really have,” he said. “And we want to do whatever we can to be serious about getting something done in Ukraine.”
Trump also said he believes Ukraine will sign a mineral trade, but he believes he wants peace from them at this point.
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Ukrainian soldiers leave the DS3 artillery shed on March 5, 2025, as the Russian-Ukrainian war continues in the direction of NIU York in Ukraine (Diego Herrera Chalcedo/Anadoru via Getty Images)
When asked how Ukraine should show that they want peace, Trump said he hasn’t shown it to the extent he thinks he should.
“I don’t think so now, but I think they’ll be and I think it’ll become clear in the next two or three days,” the president said. “Hundreds of people died this week in a Ukrainian city and we had to stop it.
During a nearly ten-minute gag with reporters, Trump asked about a variety of topics, including the types of sanctions and tariffs he could impose on Russia.
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President Donald Trump (center), President of Ukrainian Volodmia Zelensky (left), and President of Russia Vladimir Putin (right). (Alessandro Bremec/Nurphoto via Getty Images | Contributor/Getty Images | Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The president explained that he and his team were considering their options, but his focus was on several major conferences in Saudi Arabia, including Russia and Ukraine.
“We’ll see if we can accomplish anything,” Trump said. “A lot of people died this week in Ukraine. I think everyone wants to do it, not just Ukrainians, but Russians. We’re making a lot of progress this week.”
Trump was also asked what he would say to Americans who are watching their best retirement account free fall in years amid concerns over tariffs.
National security adviser says Putin, Zelensky agrees, “Only President Trump can bring them to the table.”
US President Donald Trump will make his remarks after signing an executive order on February 13, 2025 on mutual tariffs in the White House oval office in Washington, DC. Trump has announced his plan to increase US tariffs to match the fees other countries charge to import American goods. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The president told reporters that tariffs “will be the biggest thing we have ever done as a country,” adding that it will “enrich our country again.”
Trump explained that businesses and factories will reclaim businesses and factories, noting that since the launch of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada and Mexico, which was effective from 1994 to 2020, 90,000 U.S. factories have been closed.
At the end of time with reporters, Trump was asked if he was worried about the recession after he hesitated the same question when asked by Maria Bartilomo of Fox Business.
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“Of course you hehe. All I know is… we’re going to accept hundreds of billions of dollars of tariffs. “I’m telling you. You’re just looking. We’re going to work. We’ll have an open factory. That’s going to be great.”
Greg Wehner is a news reporter for Fox News Digital.
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