Americans are very disappointed that in the last few years there has been a lot of talk about the need to increase military spending and fight more, but at the same time no attempts have been made to end the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine through negotiations, said Ambassador-at-Large in the Donald Trump administration Richard Grenell.

Grenell said on Thursday at the Ukrainian Breakfast in Davos, organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, that Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden had not spoken for over three and a half years. He added that they thought it was outrageous and that the American people also thought it was outrageous. He emphasized that it was important to be able to talk to people.

According to him, Americans are extremely frustrated that the USA is spending hundreds of billions of dollars and leaders are not talking to each other to try to solve the problems.

The ambassador recalled that President Trump has been very clear about his desire to solve these problems.

Talking is a tactic, and you can't solve problems peacefully if you don't talk, Grenell once again pointed out.

In his opinion, the US State Department has also been sidelined in solving the problem.

The ambassador-at-large emphasized that they were shocked that so many foreign ministers in Europe and so many American politicians at that time simply did not try to stop the war. He added that they thought it was immoral not to try to stop wars that they were told were absolutely inevitable.

He also expressed the opinion that if the NATO Secretary General talks about including Ukraine in NATO, this will cause resistance in the United States.

Grenell explained that the American people were the ones who paid for defense and that they couldn't be asked to expand the NATO umbrella if the current members weren't paying their fair share.

Asked about the possibility of the new US administration increasing pressure on Russia and Putin if he continues his aggression, the ambassador noted that the Trump administration is in a situation of bad choice, because after three years the war is sinking further into chaos.

Grenell said that now that President Trump had taken office, he believed Trump had inherited a terrible mess, with few good options available. However, he noted that President Trump was someone who had already made it clear that he was going to put pressure on both sides to stop the conflict and was focused on trying to stop the killing. The ambassador-at-large added that President Trump needed some time, as he was the best negotiator, and explained that there was a difference between a threat and a real threat. He pointed out the contrast between Joe Biden, who had said "don't," and President Trump, who immediately stepped in and tried to communicate with both sides to get them to the table.

At the same time, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, as a remark after this speech, reminded that the main and foremost enemy is Russia, while in the USA the discussion about the war in Ukraine is often conducted within internal political conflicts. De Croo called for prioritizing the strengthening of Ukraine and its positions in possible negotiations.