“They [Europeans] are in a very unusual position. They don't know how to end the war. I think I do know how to end the war. [...] I watched over the last week or so what's going on in Europe. This thing could end up in World War III if we don't get it [the conflict in Ukraine] settled,” he said.
"I think he wants to get it stopped and settled. And I think he's hitting them harder than he's been hitting them. And I think probably anybody in that position would be doing that right now. He wants to get it ended. And I think Ukraine wants to get it ended," the US president stated.
"And that's pretty good. That means a lot of good things. Because, frankly, you could have made a great deal if this war never started; you could have made a great deal. I don't know that anything would have had to be given up," he pointed out.