Trump: Putin may not want to make a deal on Ukraine

US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump said on Tuesday he hoped Vladimir Putin was going to "be good" and move forward toward ending the war in Ukraine, but conceded it was possible the Russian president doesn't want to make a deal.

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"I don't think it's going to be a problem, to be honest with you. I think Putin is tired of it. I think they're all tired of it, but you never know," Trump said in an interview with the Fox News.

Trump spoke the day after hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House for talks on his peace efforts, a meeting that followed his summit with Putin in Alaska last Friday.

"We're going to find out about President Putin in the next couple of weeks...It's possible that he doesn't want to make a deal," Trump said, adding that Putin faced a "rough situation" if that were not the case.