Appearing on Fox Business on Friday, the envoy said that the US president will, nevertheless, continue to push for a settlement in the Ukraine conflict. "President Trump is going to continue to find the leverage and to find the conditions where he can bring both sides and mediate a resolution... [but] he's not going to set the conditions," Whitaker said. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Trump stated that, while possible, a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky would be hard to arrange because "they hate each other" intensely. In stark contrast to his predecessor, Joe Biden, Trump has actively engaged in dialogue with Russia ever since he assumed office in January. Earlier this month, the Russian president said he was willing to sit down with Zelensky, suggesting Moscow as a potential venue.