Donald Trump anticipates “splendid” results ahead of meeting with Vladimir Putin

United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that he’ll know “within the first two minutes” of his upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin whether a deal would be made on ending the battle in Ukraine. 

Trump spoke to reporters in the White Home ahead of his Friday talks with the Russian leader in Alaska. 

“I think it’ll be good, but it might be bad”, he said. Trump said he hoped to plan a ceasefire “very quickly.”

The US president furthermore said he wanted to organise a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“Ultimately, I’m going to put the two of them in the room. I’ll be there or I won’t be there. And I think it’ll get solved”, he said. Vladimir Putin has to this level rejected identical proposals.

Trump furthermore said he could well explore a scenario the set the US and Russia normalize commerce family members if the meeting goes effectively. 

Neither Ukraine nor European leaders were invited to rob part in the upcoming US-Russia summit.

German chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday requested Donald Trump to hitch an emergency virtual meeting with European leaders and Zelenskyy on Wednesday, in the hopes of persuading the US president to offer protection to Ukrainian pursuits in the path of his meeting with Vladimir Putin. 

“I’m talking to the European leaders. I’ll be talking to President Zelenskyy. I’m going to get everybody’s ideas. I go into that thing fully loaded right up there, and we’re going to see what happens”, Trump said on Monday.

The US president furthermore said he would focus on “land swapping” with his Russian counterpart.

Issues private mounted in Europe that Kyiv will seemingly be pressed to present up land or settle for other curbs on its sovereignty. Ukraine and its European allies reject the idea that Putin must mute lay claim to any territory even earlier than agreeing to a ceasefire.