Trump slams Putin's ‘bulls***' and trashes the tyrant's ‘meaningless' promises to end Ukraine war in savage attack
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A RAGING Donald Trump has slammed Vladimir Putin for talking "bull****" about the Ukraine war and making "meaningless" promises.
The savage attack comes as Trump vowed to send more weapons to Ukraine as he appears to be growing increasingly frustrated with the Russian tyrant.
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US President Donald Trump has slammed Putin for talking 'bull****'
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"We get a lot of bull**** thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth," Trump told reporters during a televised cabinet meeting at the White House.
"He's very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless."
Trump reiterated that he was "very unhappy" with Putin since their phone call last week made no progress on the Ukraine peace deal - something the US president has pushed for since returning to power.
On Monday, Trump said he is going to send more weapons to Ukraine in a sweeping reversal of Washington's decision to halt some arms shipments earlier this month.
Trump said: "We're going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves.
"They're getting hit very hard now.
"We're going to have to send more weapons, defensive weapons, primarily."
The White House confirmed on July 1 that shipments of certain air defence missiles and other precision bombs to Ukraine had been stopped because of concerns about dwindling weapons stockpiles.
Asked about his interest in a bill proposed by the Senate for further sanctions on Russia, Trump said: "I'm looking at it very strongly."
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