U.S. President Donald Trump says there is "tremendous hatred" between the Russian and Ukrainian sides. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)
"How long do you give both countries before you're going to walk away?" Welker asked.
"Well, there will be a time when I will say, okay, keep going, keep being stupid," Trump replied.
"Maybe it's not possible to do," he added. "There's tremendous hatred. Just so you understand, Kristen, we're talking tremendous hatred between these two men and between, you know, some of the soldiers, frankly, between the generals, they've been fighting hard for three years. I think we have a very good chance of doing it."
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speak in Rome, where they both attended Pope Francis' funeral on April 26, 2025. (Vatican and Ukraine Ambassador to Holy See)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio also appeared to temper expectations for a major peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia last week.
Rubio argued it was "silly" to put a specific date or timeline on when the U.S. might pull out from mediation, but he said this will be "a very critical week."
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Days later, the White House signed a rare earth minerals agreement with Ukraine, a months-long priority for Trump.
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