Trumps one-on-one Putin meeting is scrapped in | Political News
Trump will no longer be meeting with Putin one-on-one to talk about a potential end to the Russia–Ukraine struggle on Friday, the White House revealed on Friday.
The president is set to be joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. Besides Putin, Russia can have two other officers there as effectively, making it a three-on-three meeting.
The White House detailed that Air Force One was wheels down in Alaska around 10:20 a.m. local time.
The bilaterial meeting/lunch can have other American officals be a part of as effectively, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
Trump told reporters that the Russian delegation contains business people and famous he can be open to discussing business with Russia “if we make progress.”
The White House added that Trump believes Russia‘s latest strikes on Ukraine are Putin “trying to negotiate”, as Putin thinks a better deal might be made “if they can continue the killing.”
“I think they’re trying to negotiate. He’s trying to set a stage. I think in his mind, that helps him make a better deal. It actually hurts him. But in his mind that helps him make a better deal if they can continue the killing,” he said.
“Maybe it’s a part of the world, maybe it’s just his fabric, his genes, his genetics. But he thinks that makes him, gives him strength in negotiating. I think it hurts him. But I’ll be talking to him about it,” he added.
Trump clarified that any penalties for Russia can be “economically severe.”
When requested what would make the meeting a success, Trump said that he does not know, as “nothing is set in stone”.
“I can’t tell you that. I don’t know. There’s nothing set in stone. I want certain things. I want to see a ceasefire. This has not to do with Europe. Europe’s not telling me what to do, but they’re going to be involved in the process obviously, as well as Zelensky,” Trump said.
“But I want to see a ceasefire rapidly. I don’t know if it’s going to be today, but I’m not going to be happy if it’s not today. Eveyrone said it can’t be today, but I’m just saying, I want the killing to stop,” he continued.
Trump then explained that America is “making money” from the battle as the nations are utilizing “our weapons,” leaving America to money “big, beautiful checks.”
“I’m in this to stop the killing. You know, we’re not putting up any money. We’re making money. They’re buying our weapons, sending them to NATO, and NATO’s sending us big, beautiful checks.”
“But I don’t care about that…What I do care about is they lost last week 7,011 people. Almost all soldiers,” he added.
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