Trump’s mood swings to Ukraine and Putin – a chronicle

The last time Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in 2019. At the G20 summit in the Japanese city of Osaka, the US President and the Kreml ruler personally faced each other. The time has come again on Friday: Then the two heads of state meet in the US state of Alaska. Their relationship is more tense today, which should also have to do with mood fluctuations by the US President: his sympathy and opinions towards the Russian president and Ukraine have been quite changeable in the past few months. An overview:

In the US presidential campaign, Donald Trump promises several times to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours. In the presidential office he rowed back: “Well, I was a little sarcastic when I said that, “says Trump in an interview for the television program” Full Measure “in March 2025.” What I really mean is that I would like to solve the problem, and I think I will be successful. “

After initial talks between representatives of the United States and Russia, the criticism of the Ukrainian and European side is great. Both parties feel excluded. Donald Trump then shares against the Ukrainian president Wolodymyr Selenskyj From: “And then I hear ‘Ohhhh, we have not been invited.’ You have never been able to do a deal. He adds on his social media platform Truth Social and describes Selenskyj as “Dictator without elections”. The Ukrainian President should “better act quickly, otherwise he will no longer have a country. “

After a handshake on arrival Selenskyjs In the White House, only insults patter on him in the Oval Office. “They jeopardize millions of people. They risk a third world war,” says Trump to Selenskyj and accuses him of being ungrateful. “Your country is in great difficulties. I know that you will not win. You won’t win this here. You have a damn good chance of getting out of it because of us,” says Trump.

His Vice JD Vance joins the swirping tirade. “Mr. President, President, with all respect. I find it disrespectful of you, ins into OvalOffice To come and try to negotiate in front of the American media, “says Vance to Selenskyj. He had insisted on guarantees to secure peace at the appointment.

Soon Trump’s anger is also directed against the Russian president Vladimir Putinto which he was rather benevolent. Trump It is outraged by Putin’s proposal to present the Ukraine attacked by Russia under the administration of the United Nations and to hold new elections there. “I was very angry and pissed offwhen Putin on the credibility of the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj Herzog and began, about a new tour in the Ukraine to speak, “says Trump to the US news broadcaster NBC.

After a particularly violent wave of attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Trump wants to slow down the Kremlin chief. “Vladimir, stop!” Trump writes on Truth Social, and on: “I am not happy about the Russian attacks on Kiev.” They are not necessary and would come at a very bad time. Trump also speaks to conclude a peace agreement.

It is their first personal meeting after the scandal in the Oval Office: Donald Trump and Wolodymyr Selenskyj talk to each other in Rome on the sidelines of the funeral service for Pope Francis. Ukrainian media published photos of the meeting in St. Peter’s Basilica, on which Trump and Selenskyj sitting in a conversation in a hall on chairs. Both then express themselves positively about the meeting.

Trump then threatens Russia with punitive measures. On his Truth Social platform he speculates whether Putin “Don’t even end the war”, but only on the Nose want to lead around.

Washington and Kyiv agree on the establishment of a reconstruction dysquer after tough struggle. In return, the United States Access to soil treasures in Ukraine.

US Finance Minister Scott Bessent describes the Agreement as a clear signal to the Russian leadership that the Trump government is working in the long term for a peace process, which focuses on “a free, sovereign and prospering Ukraine” stand.

After massive Russian air raids on Ukraine, US President Donald threatens Trump Russia with new sanctions and practice Unusually sharp criticism of Kremlin chief Putin. “He’s absolutely CRAZY become! He unnecessarily kills a lot of people and I don’t just speak of soldiers, “writes Trump On his Truth Social platform. “Rakets and drones are shot on cities in Ukraine, without any reason.”

Trump and Selenskyj meet again personally at the NATO summit in the Haag. The US President subsequently says that the conversation with the Ukrainian “couldn’t have been more pleasant”. With a view to the scandal in the Oval Office a few months earlier, he adds: “Sometimes it rumbled a bit between us, but he couldn’t have been nice.”

Selenskyj describes the meeting as “long and substantial”. It was also about buying armaments from the United States, “primarily for buying air defense systems”.

Donald Trump again criticizes the Russian president. Putin does not treat people properly, he kills too many people, says Trump in the White House to journalists. Therefore, the United States would send some defense weapons to Ukraine – he had approved it. The US President adds: “We get a lot of nonsense from Putin.” He was very nice all the time, “but it turns out that it meaningless is”.

Two weeks earlier, the United States had stopped important arms deliveries to Ukraine-now US President Donald Trump announces that it would deliver several patriot air defense systems to Kiev. “We will send you Patriots that you urgently need,” says Trump. The should be paid for Trump non -quantified amount of defense systems from the EU. The federal government is ready to finance two of them.

The US President also confirms his criticism of Putin. He was “disappointed” by the Kremlin chief. “He talks nicely and then he bombs everyone in the evening,” says Trump Putin with a view of the increased Russian air raids on the Ukraine before.

The following day, Trump threatens punitive tariffs against Russia Trading partners should not reach an agreement for the end of the war in 50 days.

Donald Trump set Russia Because of the war against Ukraine, which was carried out with undiminished hardness. “I’ll be a new one Deadline Set from about ten or twelve days from today, “says Trump At a meeting with the British Prime Minister Keir Strander in Scotland. “There is no reason to wait. We just don’t see any progress.” The day after, he specifies the deadline: “Ten days from today,” says Trump In front of journalists on the return flight from Scotland to the USA.

Trump then only partially implemented his threat: he increases the tariffs for goods from India to 50 percent because the country runs oil transactions with Russia. He shifts up 100 percent of China by 100 percent and lets the deadline for Russia pass. Against this background, the meeting in Alaska is eagerly awaited.