President Trump is looking for more than just a mineral deal with Ukraine. Trump wants Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to change his attitude toward peace talks and to have a willingness to make concessions to Russia,

A journalist from "The Washington Post" told Donald Trump that Putin does not respect him by attacking Ukraine. "You lost a lot of credibility," Trump replied. Donald Trump was returning from Florida to Washington on Air Force One.

President Trump mocked a Washington Post reporter who asked him if he felt disrespected by Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One, Trump took exception to a question from the Post‘s White House reporter Michael Birnbaum.