US President Donald Trump shared a message ahead of his much-anticipated face-to-face talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska that could have a profound impact not only on the direction of the ongoing war in Ukraine but also on the security situation in Europe.
In a post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump said, “High Stakes!” A few hours after this, he departed for Alaska for his meeting with the Russian President. The summit is scheduled for August 15 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska.
Ahead of his meeting with Putin, US President Donald Trump expressed confidence that Putin is now ready to pursue peace.
The summit is scheduled for August 15 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. “I think President Putin will make peace and President Zelensky will make peace,” Trump told reporters. Asked if the US is prepared to offer Putin access to rare minerals as an incentivise to end the war, Trump replied, “We’re going to see what happens with our meeting. We have a big meeting. It’s going to be, I think, very important for Russia, and it’s going to be very important for us and important for us only that we’re going to save a lot of lives.”
“But what I’m really doing this for is to save thousands of soldiers a week,” he added. Looking beyond the Alaska talks, Trump outlined plans for a follow-up meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, possibly joined by European leaders. He called that session potentially more important than the first.
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