Trump Warns of US Withdrawal from Ukraine Peace Efforts Amid Stalled Negotiations

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Trump Warns of US Withdrawal from Ukraine Peace Efforts Amid Stalled Negotiations

 

President Donald Trump has signaled that the United States may abandon its efforts to mediate peace between Russia and Ukraine if negotiations continue to stall. Speaking from the Oval Office on Friday, Trump emphasized that the US was committed to ending the conflict quickly, but warned that further engagement would be reconsidered if progress remained elusive.

 

 

“We’re talking about here people dying. We’re going to get it stopped, ideally,” Trump said. “Now if, for some reason, one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we’re just going to say, ‘You’re foolish, you’re fools, you’re horrible people,’ and we’re going to just take a pass.”

 

 

Trump did not give a fixed deadline for a truce but made it clear that the window for US involvement was narrowing. His remarks echoed earlier warnings from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who expressed growing frustration with the lack of advancement in ceasefire discussions. “We’re not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end,” Rubio stated. “The US had other priorities to focus on.”

 

Rubio, who had met with European leaders in Paris the previous day to discuss possible pathways to peace, further underscored the urgency of the situation. “We need to determine very quickly now—and I’m talking about a matter of days—whether or not this is doable,” he said. “If it’s not going to happen, then we’re just going to move on.”

 

The US administration initially believed it could broker a swift resolution to the war, which began when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. However, the hope for a speedy ceasefire has waned as diplomatic efforts have repeatedly hit roadblocks, with Washington blaming both sides for the impasse.

 

Russia, for its part, has imposed strict conditions on any potential ceasefire, making negotiations particularly difficult. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov acknowledged the challenges, stating that “the negotiations taking place are quite difficult.” He added, “The Russian side is striving to reach a peace settlement in this conflict, to ensure its own interests, and is open to dialogue.”

 

Meanwhile, the violence on the ground continues. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that two people were killed on Friday following a barrage of Russian missile strikes. In a post on X, Zelensky condemned the attacks, which come as diplomatic channels remain gridlocked.

 

Despite the grim outlook, there were glimmers of cautious optimism. US Vice President JD Vance, who met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday, suggested there might still be hope for an end to the conflict. “I want to update the prime minister on some of the negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and also some of the things that have happened even in the past 24 hours,” Vance said. “I won’t prejudge them, but we do feel optimistic that we can hopefully bring this war—this very brutal war—to a close.”

 

In a separate development, Ukraine and the United States have made initial progress toward a new minerals deal, which had previously been derailed. A memorandum of intent was signed on Thursday outlining plans to create an investment fund for Ukraine’s reconstruction as part of a broader economic partnership. The memo, released by the Ukrainian government, stated that both countries aim to finalize the agreement by April 26.

 

Based on a report by The Daily Mail  2025-04-19

 

 

[sharot724]

Give him the credit for positioning to end the bloodshed.

[Chomper Higgot]

So the war not ended in 24hrs and no sign of any ‘Devastating Consequences’.

[Tug]

Translation trump gives up on trying to intimidate the Ukrainian nation into submission to putin.Putin must be disappointed in his best asset letting him down.

[Hamus Yaigh]

Understandable. He probably has another game of golf to attend this weekend.

[WorriedNoodle]

2 hours ago, Social Media said:

‘You’re foolish, you’re fools, you’re horrible people,’

Pot calling the kettle there I see.

[FlorC]

Don't warn , cut Ukraine off weapons and intelligence. War will be over soon.

[Hamus Yaigh]

6 minutes ago, FlorC said:

Don't warn , cut Ukraine off weapons and intelligence. War will be over soon.

Then onto Poland? Yeah dream on sunshine.

[FlorC]

11 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

Then onto Poland? Yeah dream on sunshine.

Russians have no intention to go into Poland.

[johnnybangkok]

5 minutes ago, FlorC said:

Russians have no intention to go into Poland.

And you know this how?

You conveniently forget that Russia promised Ukraine's its territorial integrity and sovereignty and pledged to respect its borders by signing the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances in 1994 in exchange for Ukraines agreement to denuclearize its territory.

 

That as we know now, was bull$hit so how can you know 'Russians have no intention to go into Poland?'  

[FlorC]

42 minutes ago, johnnybangkok said:

And you know this how?

You conveniently forget that Russia promised Ukraine's its territorial integrity and sovereignty and pledged to respect its borders by signing the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances in 1994 in exchange for Ukraines agreement to denuclearize its territory.

 

That as we know now, was bull$hit so how can you know 'Russians have no intention to go into Poland?'  

No the bull$hit is that it was agreed that NATO would not go more east and it did.

The western coup in 2014 and the murder of Russian people in Donbass , together with the threat

of making Ukraine a nato member , forced Putin's hands. (and the biolabs near Russia)

After 3 years the Russians didn't get further than less than 1/5 of the Ukraine.

There is no intention to go to Poland.

Maybe stop listening to the euro fear/war mongering.

 

[NoDisplayName]

1 hour ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

Then onto Poland? Yeah dream on sunshine.

 

Not at first.

 

We need to annex Panama, Greenland and Canada first!

[johnnybangkok]

44 minutes ago, FlorC said:

No the bull$hit is that it was agreed that NATO would not go more east and it did.

The western coup in 2014 and the murder of Russian people in Donbass , together with the threat

of making Ukraine a nato member , forced Putin's hands. (and the biolabs near Russia)

After 3 years the Russians didn't get further than less than 1/5 of the Ukraine.

There is no intention to go to Poland.

Maybe stop listening to the euro fear/war mongering.

 

And maybe stop being a Putin apologist.

 

A SOVEREIGN country has the right to do whatever they think is best for their country and if Ukraine thought that was with NATO then that's their perogative (and you can perhaps now understand why they would be interested) but you miss a very vital part of this which is NATO hasn't allowed Ukrainian membership for exactly the reasons you give i.e. trying to not provoke Russia. Also, NATO has never agreed to not expand east (perhaps you would care to provide details of the written agreement for this?) and indeed only did so when countries asked them. The majority of this was the late 90's and early 2000's with the only recent ones being Montenegro in 2017 and North Macedonia in 2020. Both Finland and Sweden recently joined as a direct consequence of Russias invasion of Ukraine. 

If NATO expansion east was the provocation (with nothing in writing and even Russia saying it was an 'oral agreement') then why not do it in 2004 when Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia all joined NATO? Or in 2009 when Albania and Croatia joined? This idea that Putin was somehow 'provoked' into invading Ukraine doesn't pass muster as even if they were allowed to joined NATO (which again I'll emphasise they weren't) how does that then mean Russia is under threat? No NATO country has ever promised harm to Russia but in the meantime Russia has invaded Georgia and annexed Crimea and your ascertion of 'the murder of Russian people in Donbass comes with absolutely no evidence other than what Putin conveniently came up with.

 

Putin apologists like yourself all come up with the same nonsense that somehow he was 'provoked' when all evidence is to the contrary. There was no agreement with NATO about expanding east, there was no genocide in Donbass and although there was plenty of talk about Ukraine joining NATO, it never happened and was in fact very unlikely to happen. But with his latest and most egresos agression expect even more countries to seek the security of the NATO umbrella to include Ukraine.................or at least what remains of it.    

 

[sharot724]

5 hours ago, sharot724 said:

Give him the credit for positioning to end the bloodshed.

 

first time ever I tried to give trump credit and so far five laughing emoils lol

[Eric Loh]

From ending the war in 24 hours to giving this peace plan a pass is a big fall from grace. The smart money from the beginning is that he is a serial shameless b<deleted>ter and most are not wrong. 4 more years of shameless boasting then. 

[LosLobo]

1 hour ago, FlorC said:

No the bull$hit is that it was agreed that NATO would not go more east and it did.

The western coup in 2014 and the murder of Russian people in Donbass , together with the threat

of making Ukraine a nato member , forced Putin's hands. (and the biolabs near Russia)

After 3 years the Russians didn't get further than less than 1/5 of the Ukraine.

There is no intention to go to Poland.

Maybe stop listening to the euro fear/war mongering.

 

Same tired Kremlin karaoke—different day, same disinfo. Let’s break it down:

1. "NATO promised not to expand": Nope. No treaty, no binding deal. Gorbachev himself said so. NATO expands when countries apply—usually because Russia makes them nervous. Funny how that works.

2. "Western coup" in 2014? You mean millions of Ukrainians protesting corruption and ousting a Putin puppet? That’s not a coup—that’s democracy.

3. "Murder of Russians in Donbas": There was no genocide. The UN and OSCE found no evidence of systematic killings. Civilian deaths occurred after Russia, wanting control of Donbas, sent in weapons, fighters, and unmarked troops—“little green men”—to stir up conflict. Russia created the violence, then blamed Ukraine as an excuse for invasion.

4. Biolabs? That’s straight out of the Alex Jones universe. Those were old Soviet labs—being dismantled with U.S. help. You’re blaming the West for cleaning up Russia’s Cold War leftovers.

5. "Russia won't go into Poland": Just like it wasn’t going to invade Ukraine? Poland isn’t betting on Putin’s promises. Neither did Finland—that’s why they joined NATO.

Bottom line: You’re parroting Kremlin talking points and calling it insight. Next time, bring facts—not fan fiction.

[billd766]

2 hours ago, FlorC said:

Russians have no intention to go into Poland.

Really?

 

And just where do you get that snippet of information from?

[billd766]

1 hour ago, FlorC said:

No the bull$hit is that it was agreed that NATO would not go more east and it did.

The western coup in 2014 and the murder of Russian people in Donbass , together with the threat

of making Ukraine a nato member , forced Putin's hands. (and the biolabs near Russia)

After 3 years the Russians didn't get further than less than 1/5 of the Ukraine.

There is no intention to go to Poland.

Maybe stop listening to the euro fear/war mongering.

 

Perhaps you should stop listening to Russian propaganda.

[Lacessit]

2 hours ago, FlorC said:

Russians have no intention to go into Poland.

Was it a crystal ball or Kremlin official that told you that?

[billd766]

1 hour ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Not at first.

 

We need to annex Panama, Greenland and Canada first!

Who is "We" and what rights do "We" have to annex sovereign nations?

[Lacessit]

2 hours ago, FlorC said:

Don't warn , cut Ukraine off weapons and intelligence. War will be over soon.

So you agree with the genocide of the Ukrainian people.

[Negita43]

Wouldn't that be another failure - promises made promises not kept

[FlorC]

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

Perhaps you should stop listening to Russian propaganda.

I don't speak Russian 😄

[FlorC]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

So you agree with the genocide of the Ukrainian people.

Well the euro's (and former US admin) want to fight till the last Ukrainian.

The genocide is their doing.

[FlorC]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Was it a crystal ball or Kremlin official that told you that?

Putin emailed me .

But I already knew. 

[FlorC]

1 hour ago, LosLobo said:

 

Same tired Kremlin karaoke—different day, same disinfo. Let’s break it down:

1. "NATO promised not to expand": Nope. No treaty, no binding deal. Gorbachev himself said so. NATO expands when countries apply—usually because Russia makes them nervous. Funny how that works.

2. "Western coup" in 2014? You mean millions of Ukrainians protesting corruption and ousting a Putin puppet? That’s not a coup—that’s democracy.

3. "Murder of Russians in Donbas": There was no genocide. The UN and OSCE found no evidence of systematic killings. Civilian deaths occurred after Russia, wanting control of Donbas, sent in weapons, fighters, and unmarked troops—“little green men”—to stir up conflict. Russia created the violence, then blamed Ukraine as an excuse for invasion.

4. Biolabs? That’s straight out of the Alex Jones universe. Those were old Soviet labs—being dismantled with U.S. help. You’re blaming the West for cleaning up Russia’s Cold War leftovers.

5. "Russia won't go into Poland": Just like it wasn’t going to invade Ukraine? Poland isn’t betting on Putin’s promises. Neither did Finland—that’s why they joined NATO.

Bottom line: You’re parroting Kremlin talking points and calling it insight. Next time, bring facts—not fan fiction.

All you write here are the western countries naratives which are wrong.

Keep listening to your MSM.

 

Biolabs? That’s straight out of the Alex Jones universe .... how would you know ? You listen to him ?

That's like a vampire looking at the sun.

[johnnybangkok]

20 minutes ago, FlorC said:

I don't speak Russian 😄

And since reading isn’t your strong point I suppose subtitles are out. 

[johnnybangkok]

9 minutes ago, FlorC said:

All you write here are the western countries naratives which are wrong.

Keep listening to your MSM.

 

Biolabs? That’s straight out of the Alex Jones universe .... how would you know ? You listen to him ?

That's like a vampire looking at the sun.

And the other 4 points he brought up? Or are we just going to conveniently ignore those. 
Let’s start with the “agreement” NATO is supposed to have made to not expand east. You have proof of this?

[FlorC]

1 hour ago, johnnybangkok said:

Putin apologists like yourself all come up with the same nonsense that somehow he was 'provoked' when all evidence is to the contrary. There was no agreement with NATO about expanding east, there was no genocide in Donbass and although there was plenty of talk about Ukraine joining NATO, it never happened and was in fact very unlikely to happen. But with his latest and most egresos agression expect even more countries to seek the security of the NATO umbrella to include Ukraine.................or at least what remains of it.    

 

 

 

The first concrete assurances by Western leaders on NATO began on January 31, 1990, when West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher opened the bidding with a major public speech at Tutzing, in Bavaria, on German unification. The U.S. Embassy in Bonn (see Document 1) informed Washington that Genscher made clear “that the changes in Eastern Europe and the German unification process must not lead to an ‘impairment of Soviet security interests.’ Therefore, NATO should rule out an ‘expansion of its territory towards the east, i.e. moving it closer to the Soviet borders.’” The Bonn cable also noted Genscher’s proposal to leave the East German territory out of NATO military structures even in a unified Germany in NATO.

 

I am not a Putin apologists. There are many things he has done wrong.

The utter disrespect for his soldiers lives is very sad.

1 hour ago, johnnybangkok said:

then why not do it in 2004 when Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia all joined NATO?

 

They weren't killing ethnic Russians.

[johnnybangkok]

13 minutes ago, FlorC said:

 

 

The first concrete assurances by Western leaders on NATO began on January 31, 1990, when West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher opened the bidding with a major public speech at Tutzing, in Bavaria, on German unification. The U.S. Embassy in Bonn (see Document 1) informed Washington that Genscher made clear “that the changes in Eastern Europe and the German unification process must not lead to an ‘impairment of Soviet security interests.’ Therefore, NATO should rule out an ‘expansion of its territory towards the east, i.e. moving it closer to the Soviet borders.’” The Bonn cable also noted Genscher’s proposal to leave the East German territory out of NATO military structures even in a unified Germany in NATO.

 

I am not a Putin apologists. There are many things he has done wrong.

The utter disrespect for his soldiers lives is very sad.

 

They weren't killing ethnic Russians.

And was any of that actually agreed IN WRITING by NATO?

Politicians can talk ‘till the cows come home with THEIR views on what should/shouldn't happen but unless its agreed in a formal, WRITTEN capacity its the political equivalent of pi$$ing in the wind.