FILE – President Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the G20 Summit on July 7, 2017, in Hamburg, Germany.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Trump is assembly with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska immediately, a momentous summit on American soil with a pacesetter remoted by the West over the invasion of Ukraine.
Trump, who pledged a fast finish to the struggle in Ukraine throughout his 2024 marketing campaign, projected confidence forward of the Anchorage summit — however remained obscure about potential outcomes.
“Because of a certain relationship that he has with me, running this country … I believe now he’s convinced that he’s going to make a deal,” Trump informed Fox Information Radio’s Brian Kilmeade on Thursday. “He’s going to make a deal.”
Trump has been casting this assembly as a prelude for a possible second assembly that would come with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On Thursday, he stated he had three potential places in thoughts, together with Alaska.
“The more important meeting will be the second meeting that we’re having: We’re going to have a meeting with President Putin, President Zelenskyy, myself, and maybe we’ll bring some of the European leaders on. Maybe not,” he stated on Thursday.
European leaders who’ve backed Ukraine in its battle towards Russia spoke with Trump on Wednesday, saying Putin should conform to a ceasefire and safety ensures for Ukraine earlier than any peace talks start.
Trump and Putin will maintain their talks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, adopted by a joint press convention, the White Home stated.
Trump has expressed frustration that Putin was “just tapping me along” after conversations the place Putin indicated he needed peace in Ukraine have been adopted by strikes on civilian targets. Trump has given few particulars about why these talks could be completely different, although he did say this week that there could be “severe consequences” for Russia if it didn’t cease its struggle, with out elaborating.
Trump has talked about the opportunity of a “land swap” between Russia and Ukraine, however Zelenskyy has strongly opposed ceding territory, noting that doing so would violate his nation’s structure.
