I think if I didn't win the election, he would have gotten all of Ukraine.

Axar.az reports this was stated by US President Donald Trump in an interview with ABC News.

In a social media post on Saturday, Trump asserted that "there was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days," adding that "it makes me think that maybe he doesn't want to stop the war, he's just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through "Banking" or "Secondary Sanctions?" Too many people are dying!!!"

"It's possible," Trump told Moran of Putin "tapping" him along. "Yeah, that's possible. Sure. He could be tapping me along a little bit. I would say that he would like to stop the war. I think that--"

"You believe that?" Moran jumped in.

"If -- if it weren't for me, I think he'd want to take over the whole country, personally," Trump continued. "I always felt -- so when I left, there wasn't even a chance that this would happen. When Biden got involved, I won't say whether or not he handled it properly, but obviously it wasn't good, because the war started."

The president went on to say, "I think Putin wanted all of Ukraine," and claimed Putin invaded Ukraine because Biden was in office. "I think if I didn't win the election, he would have gotten all of Ukraine."

He later added that, "And because of me, I do believe that -- he's willing to stop the fighting."

When asked if Trump trusted Putin, the U.S. president told the interviewer: "I don't trust a lot of people. I don't trust you."