After meetings with Zelensky and top European leaders in White House, Trump says trilateral meeting is also in the works

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was brokering a meeting between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and their Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to be followed by a trilateral meeting that would include the US leader.

The declaration followed back-to-back meetings at the White House, including Trump’s third face-to-face meeting with the Ukrainian president in his second term, in which he also dangled the possibility of US troops supporting Ukraine. He also met jointly with Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and others from across the Atlantic.

“Everyone is very happy about the possibility of PEACE for Russia/Ukraine,” Trump said on social media. “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 Zelensky. After that meeting takes place, we will have a Trilat, which would be the two Presidents, plus myself.”

Your personal data will be processed and information from your device (cookies, unique identifiers, and other device data) may be stored by, accessed by and shared with 88 TCF vendor(s) and 20 ad partner(s), or used specifically by this site or app.