Trump says US will 'take a pass' on Ukraine peace efforts if Russia refuses to play ball

President Donald Trump connected Friday said the U.S. volition "just instrumentality a pass" astatine bid efforts for Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to hold to ceasefire terms. 

"If for immoderate reason, 1 of the 2 parties makes it precise difficult, we're conscionable going to accidental 'you're foolish, you're fools, you're horrible people,' and we're going to conscionable instrumentality a pass," Trump told reporters. "But hopefully we won't person to bash that."

The president’s comments echoed those made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio aboriginal Friday greeting pursuing a gathering successful Paris with peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff and French President Emmanuel Macron, arsenic good arsenic officials from Ukraine, Germany and the U.K. — the archetypal gathering of its kind, which signaled greater European engagement successful U.S. efforts to unafraid a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire.

President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremonial for Dr. Mehmet Oz, right, arsenic Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected Friday.

RUBIO SAYS US READY TO 'MOVE ON' WITHIN DAYS IF NO PROGRESS MADE ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE PEACE DEAL

While Ukraine has agreed to some afloat and interim ceasefire proposals, Russia has delayed immoderate statement for weeks, though it is for the astir portion inactive believed to beryllium adhering to a 30-day ceasefire connected Ukraine’s vigor infrastructure.

"If we're truthful acold isolated this won't happen, past the president is acceptable to determination on," Rubio told reporters successful Paris pursuing his talks, which helium described arsenic "very positive."

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his code to the federation successful Moscow connected March 23, 2024. (Mikhail Metzel/Pool/AFP via Getty Images))

"We’re not going to proceed to alert each implicit the satellite and bash gathering aft gathering aft gathering if nary advancement is being made," Rubio said. "We’re going to determination connected to different topics that are arsenic if not much important successful immoderate ways to the United States."

It remains unclear wherever the U.S. would basal successful not lone aiding Ukraine, should Russia garbage to extremity its amerciable invasion, but whether Trump would spell done with his erstwhile threats to enact much sanctions connected Russia. 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks connected upon his accomplishment for a bilateral gathering with his French counterpart successful Paris connected Thursday.  (Julien De Rosa/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

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Last month, during an interrogation with NBC News, Trump said helium was "very angry" and "pissed off" aft Putin archetypal showed signs of being unwilling to prosecute successful a ceasefire with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"If Russia and I are incapable to marque a woody connected stopping the bloodshed successful Ukraine, and if I deliberation it was Russia’s responsibility — which it mightiness not beryllium — but if I deliberation it was Russia’s fault, I americium going to enactment secondary tariffs connected oil, connected each lipid coming retired of Russia," helium said.

Firefighters enactment retired a blaze pursuing Russia's rocket onslaught that killed astatine slightest 20 civilians successful Sumy, Ukraine, connected Sunday. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

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"That would beryllium that if you bargain lipid from Russia, you can’t bash concern successful the United States," helium added. "There volition beryllium a 25% tariff connected each oil, a 25- to 50-point tariff connected each oil."

Trump would not remark connected the "specific fig of days" Russia has earlier helium determines whether it's superior astir ending the war, but helium told reporters connected Friday it needs to hap "quickly — we privation to get it done."