Trump comments for the first time on CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s ‘semi-routine’ visit to Moscow
U.S. President Donald Trump has commented for the first time on CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s August 25 trip to Moscow. “He’s there on … you know, very sort of semi-routine [business],” Trump said in an interview with radio host Glenn Beck. “I hate to disappoint people. We would like to see the war in Ukraine end.”
U.S. President Donald Trump has provided his first remarks regarding CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow on August 25. Trump described the trip as "very sort of semi-routine" and expressed his desire to see an end to the ongoing war in Ukraine. He dismissed claims that Ratcliffe's mission to Russia was to test the resolve of NATO, stating that "something may come out of" the visit.
Trump affirmed that both President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky desire the cessation of the conflict. The visit has been linked to reports of a potential warning being sent to Putin by Washington. The Kremlin maintains Ratcliffe was there for intelligence service "contacts" and had not met with Putin.
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