U.S. President Donald Trump said he is “very disappointed” in Russian leader Vladimir Putin after Moscow ignored his latest two-week deadline on the war in Ukraine.In an interview with radio host and CNN contributor Scott Jennings, Trump stressed again that the war “would have never started” if he had been president at the time.“He and I always had a great relationship,” Trump said. “Very disappointed. Thousands of people are dying. They're not Americans that are dying, but they're Russians and they're Ukrainians, and there's thousands, and it's a war that makes no sense.”????????TRUMP tells me he is “disappointed” in PUTIN and that he will be “doing something to help people live.”Watch the full interview on THE SCOTT JENNINGS RADIO SHOW at 2-3PM eastern on SALEM and streaming right here on X ???? pic.twitter.com/BTtLJzq9ox— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) September 2, 2025 “We'll see what happens, but I'm very disappointed in President Putin,” he continued. “I can say that, and we'll be doing something to help people live.”In August, Trump extended an earlier deadline, giving Putin “a couple of weeks” before deciding what actions to take against the Kremlin.“We'll see what happens,” he added. “I think in two weeks, we'll know which way I'm going, because I'm going to go one way or the other, and they'll learn which way.”Earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Russia’s shelling of peaceful Ukrainian cities “despicable” and said Washington would consider all options of pressure on the aggressor state this week.