President Donald Trump has brought Russia and Ukraine closer to a ceasefire and peace than anyone has in the three years since they’ve been at war, and he is the “perfect person” to bring the two nations together, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said on Newsmax, Sunday. 

Trump said he will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, and Whitaker said on Newsmax’s “Sunday Report” that the move is “bold diplomacy.”

“Is it happening as quickly or as suddenly as we all had hoped and has President Trump has been pushing it? Absolutely not,” Whitaker said. “But, you know, we had a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, last Thursday, and an agreement on prisoner exchange was agreed to. And again, we’ll just kind of keep taking the victories.” 

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