Trump: If Russia and Ukraine cannot reach a protocol soon, the United States will withdraw from mediation.

On April 19, after Russia announced a one-month ceasefire for Ukraine's energy infrastructure, U.S. President Donald Trump hinted that he might abandon efforts for peace if the two sides could not reach an agreement soon. "If, for some reason, one of the two countries has created great difficulties, all we can say is that you are stupid," Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday. Of course, hopefully we won't get to that point. Mr. Trump said he did not have a "specific number of days" in mind for a deadline to withdraw from negotiations if a deal was not reached, but that he would like to see rapid progress. "I'm like a mirror in my mind if people are playing tricks on us," Mr. Trump said, "so I have to see the eagerness to end." I also think that this eagerness I see. I think it's on both sides. ”