US President Donald Trump said he thought the war in Ukraine would be the easiest conflict to resolve “because of my relationship with President Putin.”

“But he’s let me down. He’s really let me down.”

Trump’s outreach to Putin, including a summit in Alaska, has failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough on the war that began with a Russian invasion.

His comments came during a joint press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in England.

Trump also said during press conference Charlie Kirk could have been president.

“Some people said he might be president someday. I told him, I said, ‘Charlie, I think you have a good shot at someday being president.’”

Trump said the conservative activist was “heinously assassinated for speaking his mind.” He plans to attend his memorial service Sunday in Arizona.