Trump admin live updates: Trump says Ireland is taking advantage of the US

President Donald Trump declined to get into specifics when asked what he can do to pressure Russia to agree to the ceasefire proposal.

“We can, but I hope it’s not going to be necessary,” he said.

“There are things you could do that that wouldn’t be pleasant in a financial sense,” he added without diving into any specifics. “I can do things financially that would be very bad for Russia. I don’t want to do that because I want to get peace.”

The president then reiterated his past comments that Ukraine was a bigger obstacle in negotiations.

“We’ve got Ukraine done. And, as you as you know, I’ve always said that Ukraine might have been the more difficult party,” he said.

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