Said it would end the war in Ukraine on the first day, Trump: Well, I said it figuratively, it was a joke.

The claim to end the war in Ukraine on the first day was figurative, American President Donald Trump said in an interview for the magazine “Time”, broadcast Periscope.

You said you'd end the war in Ukraine on the first day”, was the question about Trump.

I said it figuratively, and I said it as an exaggeration, to emphasize a point, and, as you know, of course it's then distributed by [indistinct] false news. Clearly, people know that when I said it, it was funny, but it was also said it would end”, he said.

In this interview, Trump said Russia's outlawed Crime will stay with Russia. /Periscope