“A volte bisogna lasciarli combattere”, dice Trump sulla guerra della Russia in Ucraina | Kiev sperava che Donald Trump convincesse il cinese Xi Jinping a smettere di acquistare petrolio russo per accelerare la fine del conflitto.

From the article: China and the U.S. are working together on ending the war in Ukraine, but “sometimes, you have to let them fight,” President Donald Trump said after meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea Thursday.

Ukraine had high expectations from the talks, hoping Trump would persuade the Chinese leader to buy less oil from Russia and consequently stop funding the war after the U.S. slapped sanctions on Moscow’s main oil giants.

But oil was not on the table, Trump said, even though “Ukraine came up very strongly” during the meeting.

“We talked about it for a long time. And we’re both going to work together to see if we can get something done. We agreed the sides are locked in, and they are fighting and sometimes, you have to let them fight, I guess … crazy. But he’s going to help us and we’re going to work together on Ukraine,” Trump told journalists on Air Force One.

Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Trump’s meeting with Xi could be the next step toward ending the war in Ukraine. “If after the U.S. sanctions, China will be ready to reduce [Russian oil] imports … Because we already have signals from India that it will reduce imports of energy resources from Russia,” Zelenskyy said during the meeting with several journalists in Kyiv on Monday, also attended by POLITICO.

But it was not to be. “He[Xi] has been buying oil from Russia for a long time, and it takes care of a big part of China … But with him we did not discuss the oil. We discussed working together to get this war finished. It does not affect China; it does not affect us. But I don’t like to see thousands of young men killed,” Trump said.

Trump’s comments are interesting because “it’s clearly demonstrated that China considers Russia as a minor partner. They are ready to discuss about them not as an ally, not as a strategic partner … but just as just a country, a small business,” said Hanna Shelest, director of Security Programmes at Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism.”

Although China has stated it’s not profiting from Russia’s war in Ukraine, Beijing dominates coal and crude oil purchases from Moscow, accounting for 42 percent (€5.5 billion) of Russia’s export revenues from its top five importers in September, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air NGO reported earlier this month.

You can count on him not to be counted on.

He’s such an insufferable piece of shit!!

Sucks that hes so old and rich that he faces no consequences of his crimes…

Sometimes you have to help them fight and defeat totalitarianism whether it is pretending to be Fascism, Communism, or some other ism this time.

False promises and real delays. I always said: I’ll believe it when I see it

He’s too busy wanting to be like pukin and sending troops on the American people who disagree with him. He makes Biden look like a hero.

The Art of the Deal: let them have their way with you in negotiations, then brag about it like you did good work!

Oh well, keep hitting refineries.

Diper-Donnie is a farting fake. Everybody turns their noses away! He didn’t make any “deals” at all in Asia!

They totally conned him, and I’m very happy for it! 😜

Target the railroads connecting Ruzzia and China. Disrupt their logistics.

Baffling how they report everything he says as if it means something.

sometimes heads of state need to roll.