Trump says he is disappointed with Putin, not worried about China-Russia ties

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was “very disappointed” in Russian President Vladimir Putin and added without elaborating that his administration was planning to take some actions to bring down deaths in Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Republican leader also said he was not concerned about warm ties between Russia and China. Trump held a summit with Putin in Alaska in mid-August and subsequently met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key European and NATO alliance leaders at the White House. Following those meetings, Trump said he expected Zelenskyy and Putin to hold a bilateral meeting before a trilateral meeting that would also include Trump. Zelenskyy has said Russia was doing everything it could to prevent a meeting between him and Putin, while Russia says the agenda for such a meeting was not ready. “I am very disappointed in President Putin, I can say that, and we will be doing something to help people live,” Trump said in an interview on The Scott Jennings Radio Show. Trump has told Zelenskyy that Washington would help guarantee Ukraine’s securit

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