President Donald Trump on Monday met with European leaders- European Union President Ursula von der Leyen, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finland President Alexander Stubb, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.
During his meeting with the European Heads of States, US President Donald Trump said, “I have just had the honour of being with President Zelenskyy and had extensive discussions. I spoke indirectly today with President Putin, and I will talk to him after this meeting as well. We will try to work out a trilateral and see if we can put this to sleep.”
#WATCH | Washington, DC | During his meeting with the European Heads of States, US President Donald Trump says, "… I have just had the honour of being with President Zelenskyy and had extensive discussions. I spoke indirectly today with President Putin, and I will talk to him… https://t.co/SvDu9jiBAV pic.twitter.com/mVppL84zq5
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President Trump said, “If we have a good meeting today, I will set up a meeting with President Putin, and if you want, I will go to that meeting. Not that I want to do that, but I will do that because we want to save a lot of people from dying.”
The US President said, “The Alaska Summit made me realise that while difficult, peace is within reach. In a very significant step, President Putin agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine and this is one of the key points that we need to consider… We also need to discuss the possible exchanges of territory taking into consideration the current line of contact, that is the war zone… We are going to try a get a three party meeting with President Putin and President Zelenskyy, as soon as we can… Ultimately this is a decision that can only be made by President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine…The six or so wars that we have stopped, we haven’t had a ceasefire and I dont know it’s necessary and you can do it through the war… I believe that a peace agreement at the end of all this is something that is attainable and it could be done in the near future.”
#WATCH | Washington, DC | "… If we have a good meeting today, I will set up a meeting with President Putin, and if you want, I will go to that meeting. Not that I want to do that, but I will do that because we want to save a lot of people from dying…," says US President… pic.twitter.com/N7HiEHDGCJ
— ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2025
He added, “You’ll see that President Putin really would want to do something also… When we meet up, I think you will see some really positive moves… We will set that up after today’s meeting.”
#WATCH | Washington, DC | US President Donald Trump says, "You'll see that President Putin really would want to do something also… When we meet up, I think you will see some really positive moves… We will set that up after today's meeting…"
— ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, “We had a very good conversation with President Trump. It was a good one but the best is yet to come. We spoke about very sensitive points, the first one being security guarantees… The security in Ukraine depends on the United States, on you, and those leaders who are with us… All of us want to finish this war… It is very important that the US gives such strong signals and is ready for security guarantees… I want to thank the First Lady for that letter for our abducted children. All the sensitive things and everything else will be discussed in the trilateral meeting and President Trump will try to organise this meeting. Ukraine will be happy if you are part of the meeting… We need our people back.”
#WATCH | Washington, DC | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, "We had a very good conversation with President Trump. It was a good one but the best is yet to come. We spoke about very sensitive points, the first one being security guarantees… The security in Ukraine… pic.twitter.com/v2xp0doy7X
— ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2025
