US President Donald Trump’s hot mic moment is going viral on the internet. President Trump was caught whispering to French President Emmanuel Macron that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin “wants to make a deal.” The conversation came just before the multilateral meeting.
The hot mic moment came after Trump’s meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, as he headed for talks with European leaders. “I think he wants to make a deal,” Trump whispered to Macron in the East Room.
'I think he wants to make a deal, you understand? As crazy as it sounds'
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“I think he wants to make a deal,” Trump whispered to French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room.
“I think he wants to make a deal for me, you understand that? As crazy as it sounds,” Trump added.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social, “At the conclusion of the meetings, I called President Putin, and began the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between President Putin and President Zelenskyy. After that meeting takes place, we will have a Trilat, which would be the two Presidents, plus myself.”
“I had a very good meeting with distinguished guests, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron … in the White House, which ended in a further meeting in the Oval Office. During the meeting we discussed Security Guarantees for Ukraine, which Guarantees would be provided by the various European Countries, with a coordination with the United States of America. Everyone is very happy about the possibility of PEACE for Russia/Ukraine,” the American president said.
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