{"id":176241,"date":"2025-04-26T09:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T07:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=176241"},"modified":"2025-04-26T09:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T07:09:11","slug":"trump-unfiltered-crimea-is-russian-ukraine-is-to-blame-for-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/trump-unfiltered-crimea-is-russian-ukraine-is-to-blame-for-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUMP UNFILTERED: \u201cCrimea is Russian, Ukraine is to blame for the war!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a bold and controversial interview with <em>TIME<\/em> magazine, <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> declared that <strong>Crimea will remain part of Russia<\/strong>, once again placing the blame for the war in Ukraine squarely on Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interview, conducted on April 22 and published today, sees the former U.S. president reiterating his belief that <strong>Ukraine provoked the conflict<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI think the war started when they [Ukrainians] began talking about joining NATO,\u201d Trump told <em>TIME<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Referring to Russia\u2019s <strong>2014 illegal annexation of Crimea<\/strong>, Trump was unequivocal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cCrimea is going to be Russian,\u201d he said. \u201cZelensky understands that, and everybody understands that it\u2019s been with them for a long time. It was with them long before Trump came along. Again, this is Obama\u2019s war. This is a war that never should have happened. I call it the war that never should have started.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The first 100 days of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term have been among the most destabilizing in American history.<br><br>He sat down with TIME at the White House on April 22 for a rare long-form, on-the-record interview about the last three months. Read our story:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FkCTUxCviT\">pic.twitter.com\/FkCTUxCviT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TIME (@TIME) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TIME\/status\/1915708080425250931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked whether a <strong>ceasefire is possible while Vladimir Putin remains president of Russia<\/strong>, Trump was confident:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s possible\u2014if I\u2019m president, even very possible. If someone else is president, no chance. Can Putin make peace? Yes, I think he will. I think Putin would\u2019ve preferred to do it differently. I think he would\u2019ve preferred to take the whole thing [Ukraine]. And I think I\u2019m the only one who can negotiate this. And I think we were very far along. We had very good talks and were very close to an agreement. I don\u2019t think anyone else could make that deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports from those familiar with his negotiations, <strong>Trump\u2019s peace plan<\/strong> would potentially <strong>cede around 20 percent of Ukrainian territory to Vladimir Putin<\/strong>, raising serious questions about the implications for global diplomacy and Ukraine&#8217;s sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you like a summary of international reactions to this interview?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/column-kovacevic-not-my-patriarch-because-my-patriarch-would-never-slander-his-people-in-moscow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">COLUMN, KOVA\u010cEVI\u0106: Not My Patriarch! 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