A majority of Americans disapprove of how President Donald Trump is engaging with Russia and Ukraine to end the war between the two countries, according to two new polls released this week. Trump has cast himself as the central figure in brokering a peace in the yearslong war that Russia started.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday there is a "very good chance" the war between Russia and Ukraine can end after productive discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Thursday. "We had very good and productive discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia yesterday,

The number of voters who said they disapprove of the job President Trump is doing has ticked up in recent weeks as more people question how the White House is handling the economy. A new Emerson College poll shows 47% of voters approved of the job Trump was doing while 45% disapproved.