Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a partial 30-day ceasefire in its war with Ukraine, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Newsmax on Tuesday he is confident that President Donald Trump will ultimately resolve the three-year-old conflict.

“I have confidence that President Trump is going to resolve this war,” Cruz told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “The war in Ukraine needs to come to an end. The president was exactly right in what he said on Truth Social. This war in Ukraine never would have happened if Donald Trump had been in the White House. This war was caused because of [former President] Joe Biden’s weakness, his weakness as commander-in-chief that encouraged our enemies.

“It is time for this war to be over, and I think it’s important that it end in a way that is a clear and unequivocal loss for Russia. Putin is not our friend. And listen, Russia has lost thousands and thousands of soldiers in this war. They’ve expended billions of dollars. Their objective was to conquer Ukraine, and they failed in that objective.”

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