Trump says Russia "has been fine on Ukraine" in media remarks

According to an Oct. 24, 2026, opinion column, Donald Trump gave a favorable assessment of Russia’s posture in Ukraine during remarks to the media. The column says the comment came around the time a Russian missile struck a park in Ukraine, killing six people, including a 1-year-old girl who was with her mother. The piece also alleges that Trump removed sanctions on Russia, pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop attacks on Russian oil facilities, and suggested Zelenskyy leave office. It argues those actions helped Vladimir Putin and broke with Ronald Reagan’s Cold War approach to Moscow, and it says the coming midterms should be a referendum on Trump’s conduct.