Donald Trump can’t seem to understand why Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky hate each other.

Trump’s remarks come as his efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine flail.

Russia has spent much of the last decade pushing its military into Ukraine, first annexing Crimea and then, in 2022, starting the war that is now raging.

“The hatred between Zelensky and Putin is unfathomable,” the president told reporters before boarding Air Force One. “They hate each other so much, they can’t breathe.”

Both parties are refusing each other’s terms of agreement for a bipartisan meeting, which has been the cornerstone of Trump’s plan.

“The hatred between Zelensky and Putin is unfathomable,” the president told reporters before boarding Air Force One. “They hate

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