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Donald Trump has said he will meet with the Russian president in Hungary soon after a ‘productive’ phone call.
The US president revealed he spoke with Vladimir Putin today to discuss how to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
Trump said Putin ‘congratulated me’ on the Israel-Hamas deal, which has seen the release of hostages and prisoners on both sides.
He said he believes the Gaza plan ‘will help in our negotiation in attaining an end to the War with Russia/Ukraine.’
Trump confirmed that he will meet the Ukrainian president, Volodomyr Zelensky, in the White House tomorrow.
Trump wrote on Truth Social: ‘I have just concluded my telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, and it was a very productive one.’
‘We also spent a great deal of time talking about Trade between Russia and the United States when the War with Ukraine is over.
‘At the conclusion of the call, we agreed that there will be a meeting of our High Level Advisors, next week.
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‘The United States’ initial meetings will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, together with various other people, to be designated.
‘A meeting location is to be determined. President Putin and I will then meet in an agreed upon location, Budapest, Hungary, to see if we can bring this “inglorious” War, between Russia and Ukraine, to an end.’
Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s spokesperson, said POTUS believes it is possible to get Putin and Zelensky in the same room.
Trump said Putin also thanked the First Lady, Melania, ‘for her involvement with children.’
In a separate, more menacing post on Truth Social, Trump issued another threat to Hamas, claiming that the armed group ‘continues to kill people in Gaza.’
Trump wrote: ‘If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them. Thank you for your attention to this matter!’
On Tuesday – a day after signing the peace deal – Trump told Hamas that if it doesn’t disarm, ‘we will disarm them’ and that it will ‘happen quickly and perhaps violently.’
The last time the two leaders met was in Alaska in August, when the pair sat down to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
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