Trump’s meeting with Putin is getting ready: when and where will the talks take place
10 January 07:46
Newly elected US President Donald Trump said that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin wants to meet with him. According to him, the meeting is already being prepared. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to Reuters.
Trump’s statement was made on Thursday, during his speech to Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
“He (Putin – ed.) wants to meet, and we will organize it,” he said.
Bloomberg reports that Trump said: “and we’re arranging it.” At the same time, he did not name any dates for a meeting with the Russian dictator and other representatives of the countries.
But he did say that any such meeting, if it happens, will take place after his inauguration as president.
Trump has said he wants to end Russia’s war against Ukraine before he takes office for his second term on January 20, and his rhetoric has raised concerns that a truce would be beneficial to Russia. Last month, Putin said he was ready to talk to Trump.
Asked about the prospect of Putin or Chinese President Xi Jinping joining Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the Republican said:
“We need to decide, but President Putin wants to meet. He even said it publicly, and we have to end this war. It’s a bloody mess.”
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Trump’s position on Ukraine
During the election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he would stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. Sometimes he suggested that this could happen even before that.
Also during the election, the media spread the so-called “Trump Plan”. The idea was that the United States would use its influence to stop the war and maintain the status quo. To do this, Trump would force Putin and Zelenskyy to sit down at the negotiating table. If Putin does not agree to negotiate, the United States will give Ukraine all the weapons it needs to win on the battlefield. If Zelenskyy refuses to negotiate, the United States will completely stop helping Ukraine.
This plan, in its various variations, stipulates that Russia retains the territories it temporarily occupies and that Ukraine does not join NATO.
However, later Trump seemed to “forget” about this plan. In particular, he voiced scenarios in which he would force Russia to capitulate due to the decline in world oil prices.
After Trump was elected President of the United States, one of his advisors, Brian Lanza, said that Ukraine should forget about Crimea. The president-elect’s entourage, however, was quick to deny this statement and said that Lanza could not speak for Trump.
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