'It's possible' Putin will invade more than Ukraine, says Donald Trump

Published connected 25/06/2025 - 16:42 GMT+2•Updated 17:24

US President Donald Trump has touted the anticipation that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin whitethorn invade different countries pursuing the full-scale penetration of Ukraine during a property league astatine the NATO acme successful the Hague connected Wednesday. 

Trump was asked whether helium considered Putin an force and if helium believed the Russian person had territorial ambitions beyond Ukraine. "It's possible", Trump replied.  

"I see him a idiosyncratic who I deliberation is misguided," the US president said.  

Trump besides said Putin called him to connection assistance successful settling the caller Middle East struggle and to enactment arsenic an interlocutor betwixt the US, Israel and Iran.  

"He called the different time (and) said: 'Can I assistance you with Iran?' I said no, you tin assistance maine with Russia," said Trump.  

The US president has previously indicated he's successful regular interaction with Putin particularly implicit Ukraine.  

"I cognize 1 thing. He would similar to settle. He would similar to get retired of this. It's a messiness for him. I said: 'You assistance maine get a colony with you,' and I deliberation we're going to beryllium doing that soon," Trump told reporters.  

Ahead of his 2nd word successful the White House, Trump announced helium would negociate an extremity to the Russian penetration of Ukraine wrong 24 hours, but helium told reporters astatine the NATO acme that helium was being sarcastic.  

He said the negotiations are "more hard that anyone had thought", and that "Putin is much difficult".

Trump besides said helium had a "good" gathering with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected the margins of the summit.  

Trump said helium would "see" if the US could proviso Ukraine with Patriot aerial defence systems successful future.  

All 32 NATO allies agreed to summation spending connected defence to 5% of GDP wrong 10 years astatine the two-day acme successful the Hague. 

Trump said this was a "big win" for the US and the West.