President Trump said Thursday that he would meet with Vladimir Putin even if the Russian leader will not meet with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, in comments that suggested.
President Trump said Thursday that he would meet with Vladimir Putin even if the Russian leader will not meet with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, in comments that suggested Washington and Moscow could soon hold a summit. Trump’s comments followed a statement from Putin earlier in the day that he hoped to meet with Trump next week, possibly in the United Arab Emirates. But the White House was still working through the details of any potential meetings, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. When asked if Putin would need to meet with Zelensky in order to secure a meeting with the US, Trump said: « No, he doesn’t. No. » A White House official told the AP earlier Thursday that a US-Russian summit would not happen if Putin did not agree to meet with Zelensky, but the official later said it only made the summit less likely.
