President Donald Trump tweeted that "there will be lasting peace" between Russia and the United States. | Getty Trump on Russia: 'Things will work out fine'

President Donald Trump predicted Thursday that relations between the U.S. and Russia “will work out fine,” leading to what he phrased as “lasting peace.”

“Things will work out fine between the U.S.A. and Russia,” he tweeted Thursday morning. “At the right time everyone will come to their senses & there will be lasting peace!”


Despite candidate Trump’s repeated praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.S. has continued to have a rocky relationship with Moscow under his administration.

The president acknowledged Wednesday at a news conference alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that “we’re not getting along with Russia at all.”

“We may be at an all-time low in terms of our relationship with Russia,” he added.

His comment was in line with remarks Wednesday by his chief diplomat, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who told reporters Wednesday during a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart in Moscow that the state of U.S.-Russia relations “is at a low point.”

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley blasted Russia at a Security Council meeting Wednesday after it blocked the council’s Western-backed resolution to condemn the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons attack last week, which killed dozens of civilians, including children.

“With its veto, Russia said no to accountability, Russia said no to cooperation with the U.N.’s independent investigation and Russia said no to a resolution that would have helped promote peace in Syria,” Haley said. “Russia, once again, has chosen to side with Assad, even as the rest of the world, including the Arab world, overwhelmingly comes together to condemn this murderous regime.”