Trump 'not happy with Putin,' accuses Russian leader of throwing 'bulls---'

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that helium was "not happy" with Vladimir Putin implicit the ongoing warfare connected Ukraine, and accused the Russian person of throwing 'bulls---' astatine the United States successful effect to efforts to extremity that conflict.

"He's sidesplitting a batch of radical .... his soldiers and their soldiers, mostly, and it's present up to 7,000 a week," Trump said, referring to Putin during a Cabinet gathering astatine the White House.

"And I'm not blessed with Putin," Trump said. "I'm precise unhappy with them."

Trump's comments came days aft the Pentagon paused a weapons shipment to Ukraine — and a time aft the president said the U.S. would present "send immoderate much weapons" to that state to support itself from Russia.

Trump said Tuesday that helium did not cognize who ordered the intermission successful the weapons shipment past week.

"Why don't you archer me?" Trump said to a reporter, half-jokingly, arsenic Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sat adjacent to him.

Trump, arsenic helium has repeatedly done successful the past, suggested Tuesday that actions by his 2 Democratic predecessors successful the White House, Joe Biden and Barack Obama, were to blasted for Putin's determination to invade Ukraine successful February 2022.

Trump said that the warfare "turned retired to beryllium tougher" than Russia mightiness person expected, successful ample portion due to the fact that of subject instrumentality provided to the Ukrainians by the United States.

"That was a warfare ... that should person ne'er happened, and a batch of radical are dying and it should end," Trump said.

"We get a batch of bulls--- thrown astatine america by Putin, if you privation to cognize the truth," Trump said.

"He's precise bully each the time, but it turns retired to beryllium meaningless."

Trump and Putin past spoke by telephone connected July 3, a telephone the White House said lasted for astir an hour.

Later successful the day, helium told reporters the telephone was a disappointment.

"I'm precise disappointed with the speech I had contiguous with President Putin, due to the fact that I don't deliberation he's there," Trump said en way backmost to Washington aft a sojourn to Iowa.

"I don't deliberation he's looking to stop" the warfare successful Ukraine, said Trump. "And that's excessively bad."