Trump’s warning to Russia was his latest attempt to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has resisted the US president’s entreaties to pull back from the biggest war in Europe since World War two. Trump said he wants US allies to impose the same measures on Russia he is proposing to apply pressure to Putin. The US president has warned about the possibility of sanctions on Russia several times but has yet to follow through. Trump said the United States wants a ceasefire-for-hostages deal that would see the return of all remaining hostages, alive and dead. “These are the two things I got from the United Nations – a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter,” Trump said, noting that Melania Trump nearly fell when the escalator stopped abruptly.