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US-RUSSIA: Trump-I Would Like To Be Able To Meet Putin Soon

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Speaking at the WEF, US President Donald Trump says that he "Would really like to be able to meet [Russian President Vladimir] Putin soon", adding that "We should get that war stopped". Says that 'Ukraine is ready to make a deal to end the war' and that it depends on Putin. Trump “I really would like to be able to meet Putin soon and get war ended...that’s not from the standpoint of economy or something else. It’s from the standpoint of millions of lives being wasted. Beautiful young people being shot in the battlefield”

  • Trump: 'Hopefully China can help us stop the war in Ukraine'.
  • Says that he and Putin wanted to de-nuclearise during his first term. 'We want to see denuclearisation and we think that is very possible."
  • Trump: 'Ukraine was the apple of Putin's eye...While I was out [as president] stupid things happened'.
  • There is rising speculation of a phone call between the two leaders in the near future, but Trump has seemingly gone further with his call for a meeting.
  • Earlier today, Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov said of Trump's threats of tariffs, sanctions, and taxes if a deal is not reached, “We carefully record all the nuances. We remain ready for dialogue, President Putin has repeatedly spoken about this — for equal dialogue, for mutually respectful dialogue,”
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Speaking at the WEF, US President Donald Trump says that he "Would really like to be able to meet [Russian President Vladimir] Putin soon", adding that "We should get that war stopped". Says that 'Ukraine is ready to make a deal to end the war' and that it depends on Putin. Trump “I really would like to be able to meet Putin soon and get war ended...that’s not from the standpoint of economy or something else. It’s from the standpoint of millions of lives being wasted. Beautiful young people being shot in the battlefield”

  • Trump: 'Hopefully China can help us stop the war in Ukraine'.
  • Says that he and Putin wanted to de-nuclearise during his first term. 'We want to see denuclearisation and we think that is very possible."
  • Trump: 'Ukraine was the apple of Putin's eye...While I was out [as president] stupid things happened'.
  • There is rising speculation of a phone call between the two leaders in the near future, but Trump has seemingly gone further with his call for a meeting.
  • Earlier today, Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov said of Trump's threats of tariffs, sanctions, and taxes if a deal is not reached, “We carefully record all the nuances. We remain ready for dialogue, President Putin has repeatedly spoken about this — for equal dialogue, for mutually respectful dialogue,”