Trump says Ukraine crisis would not have happened if he were in office

Former President Donald Trump issued his first formal statement following the Russian invasion of Ukraine by saying that it would not have happened if he were president.

"If I were in Office, this deadly Ukraine situation would never have happened!" Trump said, according to his spokeswoman, Liz Harrington.

He slammed President Joe Biden on Wednesday during a fundraiser Wednesday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, The Wall Street Journal reported.

"I mean, he’s taking over a country for $2 worth of sanctions. I’d say that’s pretty smart," he said.

Trump spoke about Ukraine on Wednesday evening with Fox News. 

He called the events a "very sad thing for the world and the country."

Biden did not do enough stop the incursion, Trump said.

"[Russian President Vladimir Putin] was going to be satisfied with a piece and now he sees the weakness and the incompetence and the stupidity of this administration," the former president contended.