This is reported by RBK-Ukraine referencing AP.
"Once we resolve everything (the wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, - ed), one of my first meetings will be with President Xi of China and President Putin of Russia. And I want to say: let’s cut our military budget in half," Trump told reporters at the White House.
According to Trump, he also wants to resume negotiations on denuclearization with both countries.
This move, as the publication notes, would contradict decades of traditional Republican positioning in the field of national defense.
Trump's Statements on the War in Ukraine and Gaza
Earlier, Trump claimed he could end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. This assertion was later revised. Subsequently, statements from the Trump administration regarding the war in Ukraine became less optimistic.
In early February, special representative of President Donald Trump for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, stated that the war in Ukraine could be concluded in months, not years.
As for the Gaza Strip, Trump suggests temporarily relocating Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan.