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As he welcomed Republican and Democratic governors to the White House, Trump continued to speak on Russia-Ukraine negotiations.

"I've had very good talks with Putin," Trump said. "And I've had not such good talks with Ukraine."

"They don't have any cards, but they play it tough," he continued. "But we're not we're not going to let this continue. This war is terrible. It wouldn’t never happened if I were president. But it did happen."

The comments come as Trump escalates criticism of Ukraine, calling Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator" and falsely blaming Ukraine for starting the war. The U.S. and Russia held talks earlier this week on ending the conflict, with Zelenskyy not invited.

Trump continued to express frustration with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with Fox News Radio host Brian Kilmeade.

Trump was repeatedly pressed about who was to blame for the war starting, but he sidestepped each time. He at one point seemed to concede that Russia did attack Ukraine, but still blamed Ukraine for not making concessions.

"Every time I say, oh, it's not Russia's fault, I always get slammed by the fake news. But I'm telling you, Biden said the wrong things," Trump said. "Zelenskyy said the wrong things."

Trump seemed particularly upset about the first mineral resources deal that Ukraine rejected. A U.S. official with knowledge of the negotiations said a new version has been put on the table.

"I've been watching for years, and I've been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards. And you get sick of it. You just get sick of it. And I've had it," Trump said of Zelenskyy.

"But we made a deal with rare earth, and Secretary of Treasury, a very good guy, actually went there, and they couldn't even come close to getting a deal done," Trump said. "And frankly, I wish he didn't go there, waste all of his time like that, but they couldn't get close. They met, right, and then when he wanted to get it close, he was unable to meet him again. But so just a wasted trip, a dangerous trip, too."

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

The entire Senate Democratic caucus penned a letter to newly-minted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy seeking additional information on the dismissal of thousands of HHS employees.

"This attack on the HHS workforce undermines the agency’s programs and exposes a blatant disregard for the health and safety of the American people," the Democrats wrote. "The Trump Administration is firing staff and harming programs that Americans rely on every day, and these arbitrary cuts will endanger children, seniors, and at-risk communities, set medical progress back by decades, curtail patient access to care, and make the nation less prepared for emerging public health threats."

The lawmakers are seeking answers on exactly how many employees were fired, broken down by agency, position type and justification. They want to know what analysis was done prior to firings and what role DOGE had in identifying those who were terminated. The senators are also requesting staff level briefings.

Kennedy was narrowly confirmed by the Senate last week in a 52-48 vote.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

There are no more deported migrants at Guantanamo Bay after two non-military Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flights took Venezuelan migrants to Honduras for further transport back to Venezuela.

According to a U.S. official, the number of migrants that had been at Guantanamo was 168 with about 50 of them at the migrant operations center and the remaining migrants at the prison for enemy combatants.

There were 10 U.S. military flights that originally transported all of these migrants to Guantanamo.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez