
His comments come after the Trump Administration said it would abruptly walk away from a Ukraine peace if another ceasefire wasn’t agreed to within days.
“It's really depressing that this administration seems to take the side of Russia,” Wallace said.
“Only a few days ago, Russia murdered lots of people in Sumy by hitting — I think — people at prayer. And the response from Donald Trump was, ‘I understand from the Russians it's a mistake’.
“It wasn’t a mistake.”
The former Defence Secretary added that Trump has a habit of abandoning deals if he can’t clinch a rapid win.
“Trump is here today gone tomorrow, a dealmaker,” Wallace said.
“He's more interested in the fanfare of the deal than the actual long term outcome.”
“The ‘I’ll fix it’ isn’t going to happen.”
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