President Donald says he’s surprised that it seems easier to deal with Russia than Ukraine as he works to negotiate a peace deal between the two countries.

"I'm finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine — and they don't have the cards; they don’t have the cards,” Trump said at a press event Friday.

“It may be easier dealing with Russia – which is surprising because they have all the cards. And they’re bombing the hell out of them right now,” Trump added.

In a recent televised exchange with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump warned the Ukrainian president that he didn’t “have the cards”:

"You don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards ... You're gambling with the lives of millions of people! You're gambling with World War III!"

 “We're trying to help them and Ukraine has to get on the ball and get a job done," Trump noted Tuesday.