President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the U.S. has “never had a president that solved one war,” as he spoke to reporters ahead of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Zelensky arrived at the White House on Friday to discuss strengthening U.S. support for Kyiv amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump also announced Thursday he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary.
Trump made the false claim about his predecessors while in the White House Cabinet Room, shortly before kicking off talks with the Ukrainian leader.
“Every time I solve one, they said, ‘Sir, if you solve one more, you're going to be known as a peacekeeper,’” Trump said. “To the best of my knowledge, we've never had a president that solved one war, not one war. Bush started a war. A lot of them start wars, but they don't solve the wars.”
The Independent has contacted the White House for comment on Trump’s remarks.
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President Theodore Roosevelt, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for having negotiated peace in the Russo-Japanese War.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who sought an end to the Korean War. An armistice was signed in July 1953, seven months after his inauguration.
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