U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration’s sole objective in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is to bring the fighting to an end rather than prolong it. In a series of remarks posted on his social-media platform Truth Social on 18 August, Trump wrote that he "knows exactly" what he is doing and does not need guidance from long-serving foreign-policy advisers who, in his view, "were never able to do a thing to stop" previous wars. Trump added that the hostilities are "Biden’s war, not mine," insisting he is "only here to stop it, not prosecute it any further." He did not provide details of any prospective peace plan or timeline. The comments arrive as lawmakers debate future U.S. security assistance for Kyiv and as the conflict, now in its fourth year, continues to strain European security and global commodity markets.