White House official Sebastian Gorka said Monday on Newsmax that President Donald Trump remains committed to ending the war in Ukraine, but has concluded Russian President Vladimir Putin has no genuine interest in peace, prompting a fresh wave of U.S.-led military support for Kyiv.

Gorka, senior director for counterterrorism at the White House and deputy assistant to the president, said that Trump is intensifying pressure on Russia after concluding that Putin is unwilling to negotiate peace.

“Well, nothing has changed in terms of the president’s commitment to end the war,” Gorka said during an appearance on “Rob Schmitt Tonight.”

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