He made the statement at a White House press conference broadcast by Espreso.When asked by a journalist how much time he would give the Russian leader, Trump replied, “a few weeks.”“I think I will know the attitude from Russia and Ukraine. There will also be a very important decision. Either massive sanctions, or massive tariffs, or maybe I will do nothing and say this is your war,” he declared.Trump said he had wanted to hold a meeting with both leaders. According to him, many people believe that if he is absent from a trilateral summit, “nothing will happen.”“Maybe yes, maybe no… I think we could have already dealt with this war, but there is a lot of anger and hatred. So we’ll see what happens. I think in two weeks we will know, because it can progress in different ways, and we’ll know how,” he added.On August 21, Trump said it would become clear within two weeks whether peace in Ukraine was possible.On August 22, he also stated that he had no desire to attend a potential meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, noting that they could not find common ground.