President Donald nTrump said he’s spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin since his call with the Russian leader last Monday while hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House.
“Every conversation I have with him is a good conversation,” Trump said. “And then, unfortunately, a bomb is loaded up into Kyiv or someplace, and then I get very angry about it. I think we’re going to get the war done. It’s tough.”
“The fact that he went to Alaska, our country, I think, was a big statement that he wants to get it done,” Trump added.
Despite Trump’s rapid-fire diplomacy in Alaska and Washington, the Kremlin’s only poured cold water on Trump’s push for a bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy. When asked why he thinks Putin is reluctant to meet with Zelenskyy, Trump responded: “Because he doesn’t like him.
President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington.
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