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president Donald Trump He said Friday that he would “will not be happy” if he did not meet with President Vladimir Putin from a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
Trump told Fox News’ “Bret Baier” that he doesn’t like “expect too much” but “I want to have a ceasefire.”
“If I don’t understand, I won’t be excited,” he said. “Everyone said, ‘You won’t be ceased.
The president said he could cancel the negotiations altogether if Friday’s summit did not go well.
“I wouldn’t be happy if I didn’t have some form of ceasefire. Now, I-I say that, I’ve said that from the beginning: It’s really about setting up a table today. If things work, we’ll have a meeting soon, or we won’t have a meeting again.”
Zelenskyy said before Trump-Putin meeting, there is no sign that Russia wants to end the war
Trump spoke as Air Force One flew to Anchorage, Alaska, and he and his team met with the Russian delegation at the first face-to-face meeting with Putin of the new administration.
Trump said he would “will not be happy” if Putin did not agree to the ceasefire during the summit. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
Trump said he would not negotiate peace on behalf of Ukraine, but would rather “set a table” for negotiations between Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“Well, look, I’m not going to make an agreement for Ukraine, but I can certainly set up a table to negotiate the deal,” he said. “Our next meeting will have President Zelenskyy and President Putin And me. ”
President Trump is confident Putin wants peace with Ukraine and believes he has “enough war”
Trump also added that the former Democratic presidential candidate said he would “may have to start liking” Hillary Clinton if he negotiated a peace deal and did not “reject” to Russia.
“That’s great. I might have to start liking her again,” Trump said.
Trump and Putin shook hands in Alaska before the meeting. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
Clinton, a former secretary of state, said Trump needs to have a few things if he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
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“But this may be a chance to make it clear that there must be a ceasefire, there will be no territorial exchange, and for some time Putin should actually withdraw from the territory he seizes to prove his sincerity in his efforts, let’s say, don’t threaten European security.”
Gabriel Hays of Fox News contributed to the report.
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