President Donald Trump said on social media Saturday that a deal better than “a mere Ceasefire” is in the works with Vladimir Putin, hours after Trump’s high-stakes summit with the Russian leader in Alaska failed to produce an agreement to halt Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Trump wrote overnight on his Truth Social platform that the meeting had gone “very well.” A later call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “various European Leaders” and NATO’s secretary general, former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, apparently did, too.
“It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often times do not hold up,” Trump wrote shortly before 5 a.m.
“President Zelenskyy will be coming to D.C., the Oval Office, on Monday afternoon,” he continued. “If it all works out, we will then schedule a meeting with President Putin. Potentially, millions of people’s lives will be saved.”
Trump promised during his presidential campaign last year to end the Russia-Ukraine war on his first day back in office. He told reporters on Wednesday that Russia would face “very severe consequences” if Putin continued fighting after their then-upcoming summit.
