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president Donald Trump He was raised after a high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but provided some important insights on Fox News’ Sean Hannity in an exclusive interview.
This is a highly anticipated meeting between Trump and Russian leaders, and it is a big gain shared with Hannity.
1. “No deal until a deal is reached”
“In my case, there is no deal until an agreement is reached.” However, he noted, “we have really made a lot of progress.”
2. Putin “want to see it complete”
President notes Hannity he believes Putin Not only is it open to peace, but he “want to see it complete.”
Donald Trump shook hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin after arriving at Elmendorf-Richardson, a joint base in Anchorage, Alaska on August 15, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
3. Not ready to share what sticky is
Under pressure from Hannity, he shared “a big problem you disagree with” that prevented leaders from walking away from the ceasefire agreement, and Trump refused to share. He said: “No, I’d rather. I think someone is going to make it public and they’ll figure it out, but no, I don’t want to do that, I want to see if we can finish it.”
4. To Zelenskyy and Europeh
After taking an important step to meet with the Russian president in person, Trump said now [Ukrainian] president [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy In order to accomplish it, perhaps European countries, they have to participate a little bit. ”
5. Trump opens trilateral meeting
The president said he would be willing to attend a trilateral meeting with the president Ukraine Russia said: “I will be at that meeting if they want to. They will have a meeting between President Zelenskyy and President Putin and myself, and I think, not I want to be there, but to be done.”
He added: “I will be there.”
President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, August 15, 2025 at the Elmendorf-Richardson Joint Base in Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia DeMary Nickinson)
6. Encountering “10”
Trump said he would comment at the 10 out of 10 meetings and said: “I think the meetings are 10 times, and in a sense, we get along well.”
7. Russia now respects the United States
When asked about what he thought he had finally brought Putin to the negotiating table, Trump replied: “I don’t want to say anything to bring him to him, he’s a very smart guy who can say nothing has brought him to the table.”
“I think he respects our country now, he is not here BidenI can tell you that he has no respect. ”
8. If Trump takes office, there will be no war
Trump also commented that he was “so happy” that Putin shared his belief at a common press conference that the Russian-Ukrainian war would not have happened at that time.
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Putin and Trump meet on the apron at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
9. Zelenskyy’s advice
Trump said without hesitation that his advice to Zelenskyy would be “to reach an agreement” after meeting Putin on Friday.
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10. 2020 Election Manipulation
Trump shares Putin tells him he believes 2020 Elections marred by extensive mail-in voting, he said: “You can’t get a great democracy by mail-in voting.”
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