President Donald Trump confirmed that he will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
'I will talk [President Putin] On Tuesday. A lot of work was done during the weekend, “Trump revealed.
“We want to see if we can end that war,” Trump told reporters at Air Force One, traveling back to DC from Mar-A-Lago on Sunday. “Maybe we can, maybe we can't, but I think we have a very good chance.”
Trump said he is planning to discuss land and power plants with the Russian leader with regard to potential concessions.
“I think we have already discussed a lot of it by both parties, Ukraine and Russia,” Trump continued. 'We are already talking about that … Divide certain assets.
During the weekend he made daring predictions about the ceasefish -the proof in Ukraine.
The 78-year-old president sat down for a pre-applied interview with the weekly news program that the full measure was released on Sunday, where he was asked about his plans, should not agree to a cease-fire.
“Bad news for this world because so many people die,” Trump replied.
But the president insisted that he thinks Putin will be in accordance with the deal.
Trump said he thinks Russia will agree with the ceasefish -Fires with Ukraine, but he said it would be “bad news for this world” if Russian President Vladimir Putin rejects it
“I think he will agree. I really do it. I think I know him reasonably well, and I think he will agree, “Trump told Anchor Sharyl Attkisson.
During his interview, Trump would not say whether he recently spoke to Putin, but said, “We have to deal with him.”
It comes when the special envoy of Trump Steve Witkoff kept an hour-long meeting with Putin behind closed doors on Thursday while the US pushes the cease-the-home.
“It was positive. It was a solution -based discussion, 'Witkoff told the state of the Union of CNN on Sunday after returning to the US
He said he expected that there will be a phone call between Trump and Putin this week. ”
Trump said in his recorded interview that they want to get Russia on board with the cease -the – -made album with Ukraine and said it is 'okay'.
He suggested that they would know a little more on Monday.
Attkisson noted in her interview with the president that he claimed that he would have the war established within 24 hours.
“Well, I was a bit sarcastic when I said that,” Trump replied. “What I really mean is that I would like to have it arranged.”
Trump predicted that he thinks he will be 'successful'.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff said he would expect a phone call this week between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin after he met the Russian leader
Putin said on Thursday that he supports a ceasefire, but also outlined details that were to negotiate before a deal could be closed.
Witkoff refused exactly what Russia demanded on Sunday, but said that the two parties are 'much closer' than they had been.
“We have limited the differences between them,” said Witkoff. He said that he was in discussion with Trump during the weekend about how to “further” the differences.
He would not say whether the US would recognize Ukrainian territory in the future if Russia would recognize Russia that Russia is annexed.
Witkoff noted on Sunday that the US also continues to have conversations with the Ukrainians.
He indicated that he believes where a deal will be in the coming weeks after he met Putin, even though it is unclear what exactly Russia agrees.
“President Trump wants to see an end to this. I think President Putin wants to see an end to this. I think President Zensky wants to see this an end, “said Witkoff.
He said that the details must be worked out at the table, but he believes that all parties are “dedicated to do that.”
State Secretary Marco Rubio was asked last week how long Putin had to agree to a deal, but he seemed more careful in his assessment.
“I think the question is: are we actually on our way to a ceasefish -or is this a delay tactics?” He told reporters.
“I'm not going to answer that because I can't characterize that now,” Rubio added. He said they were not there yet, but he insisted that they would get there.
