Donald Trump’s son says the US president-elect can end the war in Ukraine in “one day” because “Putin respects him”.

Speaking to the PA news agency at the Trump International golf course in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Eric Trump said he believed his father – who repeatedly said he could resolve the conflict in one day.

Asked how this could happen, Eric Trump replied: “Because Putin actually respects him.

“He’s not going to send $200 billion to watch young boys blow their heads off in dirty trenches, broadcast to the world every night on YouTube.

“He will end this conflict. You mark my words. He will end this conflict.

Republican businessman and media personality Donald Trump, who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, was re-elected earlier this month and will take office in January 2025, replacing Democrat Joe Biden.

Eric Trump said the conflict was “no good” for Ukraine, Russia, Europe or the United Kingdom, and warned against launching missiles at Russia.

He said: “I mean, all of a sudden, long-range missiles are being fired at Russia, the biggest nuclear superpower. I don’t need to tell you how this could go wrong.

“My father was very clear. He wants to see an end to death and destruction. He wants to see an end to senseless wars that achieve nothing.

“He wants to take money that we would otherwise spend on the other side of the world and spend it on fixing our education system, fixing our highways, fixing our roads, fixing our southern border and improving society, without creating death and destruction. dead. destruction.

“And I tell you, he will resolve this conflict. This would never have started under Donald Trump. This never started under Donald Trump, and there are millions and millions of people who have died.”

He added: “There are cities where not a single building is still standing because every one of them has been bombed, destroyed and toppled.

“The carnage must stop and he will stop it.”