Trump: I Was Joking All Those Times That I Vowed To End The Ukraine War On Day One, “It Was Said In Jest”

TIME MAGAZINE: “You said you would end the war in Ukraine on Day One.”

TRUMP: “Well, I said that figuratively, and I said that as an exaggeration, because to make a point. And you know, it gets, of course, by the fake news [unintelligible]. Obviously, people know that when I said that, it was said in jest, but it was also said that it will be ended.”

TIME MAGAZINE: “Well, what’s taking so long? When do you think it will be ended?”

TRUMP: Well, I don’t think it’s long. I mean, look, I got here three months ago. This war has been going on for three years. It’s a war that would have never happened if I was president. It’s Biden’s war. It’s not my war. I have nothing to do with it. I would have never had this war. This war would have never happened. Putin would have never done it. This war would have never happened. Oct. 7 would have never happened. Would have never happened. Ever. You then say, what’s taking so long? Do you hear this, Steve? The war has been raging for three years. I just got here, and you say, what’s taken so long?”

At this writing, CNN is playing a supercut of the dozens of times Trump vowed to end the war either on “day one” or after he won the election but before taking office.