US Senator Murphy on rejecting Trump's Ukraine deal Senator Chris Murphy claims that Donald Trump is in a hurry to close a deal in Ukraine by the end of the year, because it will bring him and his associates billions. Reports indicate initial peace framework talks include large-scale US trade deals under Trump's leadership. Murphy claims that Putin deliberately sent the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund to Florida as chief negotiator, recognizing that making the deal financially profitable for Trump personally was the way to force him to betray Ukraine.