President Trump said the tone and spirit of his two telephone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday about the War in Ukraine They were “excellent”, and Russia and Ukraine “would immediately begin the negotiations towards a high fire.”
Mr. Trump spoke with Ukrainian President VolodyYMyr ZenskyyThe Ukrainian president said in a publication on social networks, and Zenskyy was also talking on the phone for the call with NATO leaders after Mr. Trump’s call with Putin, although the White House has not yet published details of that conversation.
The president also indicated that Pope Leo XIV has expressed interest in organizing negotiations, and told reporters Monday afternoon that “some progress has been made.” When asked if he believes that Putin wants peace, Mr. Trump said: “I do” and asked if he trusts in Putin, Trump replied: “I do.”
“Simply complete my two -hour call with President Vladimir Putin or Russia,” Trump said in a statement. “I Believe It Went Vray Well. Russia and Ukraine Will Immediatry Start Negotiatations Toward A Ceasefire and, More Importantly, An End To The War. The Conditions for that Will Be Negotiated Between The Two Parties, As It Cannow They Theh They Theh They Theh They Theh They Theh They Theh Thehh They Theh Theh Thehhhhhile They they they they they heheeeEEe they they they they hehee
Trump also said that Russia “wants to make a large -scale trade with the United States when this catastrophic” Bloodbath “ends, and there is a great opportunity for Russia to be creative huge amounts of jobs and wealth.”
When asked before the call about the possibility of imposing secondary sanctions on Russia, the White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said that everything is on the table, although the president did not mention sanctions in his statement.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Mr. Trump’s call with Putin, said State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce. Rubio said in a Interview that was broadcast on Sunday In “Fac The Nation Margaret Brennan” so that a great advance could only be possible if Trump and Putin had “a direct conversation.
Mr. Trump and Putin spoke for the last time In March.
On Saturday, Trump said he and Putin would discuss the “blood bath” in Ukraine. In Rome, Vice President JD Vance with Sunday with Zenskyy in his first face to face from his explosive February Oval Office meeting.
Vance told journalists on Monday that he had spoken with Mr. Trump before the call and said he thought the president would say that there would be “economic benefits to defrost relations between Russia and the rest of the world, but will not get those benefits.”
Vance said the president would press Putin for the death of innocent people caused by the Russians and would say: “Then, if you are willing to stop the murder, the United States is willing to be a partner for peace.”
On Friday, Russia and Ukraine conversed delegation of lower level in Istanbul attended by the envoy of the White House Steve Wikoff. The conversations in Istanbul separated after less than two hours, although both parties accepted each exchange of 1,000 prisoners of war, cordination to official delegations.
Camilla Schick contributed to this report.
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