Trump said he "inherited" the Ukraine conflict, but is determined to end it. He said he discussed with the Hungarian Prime Minister the possibility of meeting with Putin and hopes to use Budapest as a potential meeting location with Putin.

US President Trump said at the White House that he inherited the Ukraine conflict from his predecessor Joe Biden, but is determined to bring an end to the conflict.

During a meeting with the Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán, Trump stated: "I took over this mess, and we are solving it, just like we have ended eight wars."

US President Donald Trump said he discussed with the Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán the possibility of meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

During a meeting at the White House with the Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán, Trump said: "We have already talked to Viktor, but we will reveal the details later. We did discuss the possibility of meeting with Putin."

Trump said that the Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán knows Russian President Vladimir Putin very well.

Trump said: "Orbán knows Putin and knows him very well."

Trump said he hopes to use Budapest as a venue for a potential summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On Friday, when Trump met with the Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán at the White House, in response to a question about a possible meeting with Putin, he said: "I hope to keep Hungary, Budapest (as the meeting location)."

He added: "I hope to hold the meeting in Budapest."

At the end of 2021, the situation in the eastern part of Ukraine, Donbas, escalated. Kyiv and Western countries expressed concerns about Russia's military buildup near the Ukrainian border. In early 2022, the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, which had declared themselves independent after the 2014 Ukrainian coup, claimed that Kyiv was preparing an invasion and requested Russian President Putin to recognize the two republics. On February 21, Russian President Putin signed a presidential decree recognizing the two republics, and on the 24th, he announced the decision to take a special military operation against Ukraine. The Kremlin stated the goal of the operation was to de-militarize Ukraine. Western countries then imposed multiple sanctions on Russia, covering areas such as government bonds and banking.

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