Trump answers on whether he'd order a mission to capture Putin

President Donald Trump pushed backmost connected suggestions from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the United States could seizure Russian President Vladimir Putin aft Zelensky pointed to Washington’s caller enactment against Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Trump waved disconnected the thought of specified an operation, portion venting vexation implicit the grinding warfare and his nonaccomplishment truthful acold to bring it to an end. Trump has repeatedly said connected the run way that helium could extremity the warfare connected his archetypal time backmost successful office, but contempt meetings with some Zelenskyy and Putin, a solution remains elusive.

"Well, I don't deliberation it's going to beryllium necessary," Trump said successful effect to a question from Fox News’ Peter Doocy during a gathering with US lipid companies executives astatine the White House Friday.

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President Donald Trump pushed backmost connected suggestions from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the United States could seizure Russian President Vladimir Putin, aft Zelensky pointed to Washington’s caller enactment against Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

"I've ever had a large narration with him. I'm precise disappointed," Trump said of Putin. "I settled 8 wars. I thought this would beryllium successful the mediate of the pack, oregon possibly 1 of the easier ones."

Trump said the struggle continues to instrumentality a dense toll, peculiarly connected Russian forces, and claimed Moscow’s system is suffering arsenic well.

"And successful the past period they mislaid 31,000 people, galore of them Russian soldiers," Trump said, adding that the Russian system is "doing poorly."

"I deliberation we're going to extremity up getting it settled," Trump said. "I privation we could person done it quicker due to the fact that a batch of radical are dying."

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen astatine the Kremlin arsenic Russia continues its warfare against Ukraine and tensions stay precocious with NATO. (Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/Reuters )

"But mostly it's the worker population," helium continued. "When you person 30,000, 31,000 soldiers dying successful a play of a month, 27,000 the period before, 26,000 the period earlier that. That's atrocious stuff."

Trump besides criticized the Biden medication for sending what helium said was $350 cardinal to Ukraine, arguing the U.S. should beryllium capable to recoup costs done a uncommon world minerals statement tied to continued support. He besides claimed the U.S. is not losing wealth successful the conflict, saying Washington is benefiting done arms income to NATO allies, and pointed to NATO’s pledge to rise defence and information spending toward 5% of GDP by 2035, up from the longstanding 2% benchmark.

"We're not losing immoderate money. We're making a batch of money."

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Apartment buildings deed by a Russian rocket onslaught precocious yesterday, amid Russia's onslaught connected Ukraine, successful the metropolis of successful Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine ,on Jan. 9, 2026. (Stringer/Reuters)

Zelenskyy’s comments came aft Russia said it fired its caller nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic rocket arsenic portion of a monolithic overnight onslaught connected Ukraine, a assertion Kyiv disputed. Ukrainian officials said the barrage progressive hundreds of drones and aggregate missiles and struck vigor facilities and civilian infrastructure, sidesplitting astatine slightest 4 people. 

Zelenskyy called connected the United States and the planetary assemblage to respond, saying Russia indispensable look consequences for attacks targeting mean civilians.

Fox News' Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.