Even though President Donald Trump threatened Russia with sanctions, he claimed President Vladamir Putin is more "generous" when it comes to ending the war.

Pat McFadden has distanced the UK from Donald Trump’s claim that it’s easier to get on Russia than with Ukraine. The US president is pushing for a quick peace deal to end the Ukraine war and has upended the united western approach by aligning himself more with Vladimir Putin than with Kyiv.

President Donald Trump said during his congressional address that he had received strong signals that Russia was ready for peace.

“President Trump approaches diplomacy and engages in a very transactional manner, with economics as the foundation and driving force behind international affairs,” retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, the president’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, explained at an event in Washington this past week.

With heavy tariffs and overtures to Russia, Trump embraces a worldview starkly different from that of the conservative icon.

Donald Trump finally hit out at Russia in a bid to end the war with Ukraine, although it appears unclear whether the Kremlin would be phased by his threat of sanctions and tariffs

Trump's foreign policy decisions, particularly regarding Ukraine and Gaza, have sparked criticism from Democrats and certain Republicans.