Former President Donald Trump acknowledged that his recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin did not produce the peace deal he had hoped for in Ukraine.

“I thought I had it done,” Trump told The Daily Caller in an interview published Saturday. He met with Putin earlier this month in Alaska for negotiations aimed at ending hostilities. While Trump claimed the two discussed a “peace agreement,” no public resolution has emerged.

Trump said Putin is unlikely to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy soon. “We’re not talking about something that I started. I inherited this war. And all I’m trying to do is put out the flame,” he said, adding that he has previously “done it with wars that were tougher than this.”

Trump highlighted his claimed success in ending longer con

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