President Donald Trump announced he spoke to Russian Dictator President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to start negotiations to end the war.
I just hope Trump and no one in his administration believes anything Putin says because the man is evil. Trump wrote on Truth Social:
But first, as we both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the War with Russia/Ukraine. President Putin even used my very strong Campaign motto of, “COMMON SENSE.” We both believe very strongly in it. We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations. We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now. I have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and Ambassador and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, to lead the negotiations which, I feel strongly, will be successful. Millions of people have died in a War that would not have happened if I were President, but it did happen, so it must end. No more lives should be lost! I want to thank President Putin for his time and effort with respect to this call, and for the release, yesterday, of Marc Fogel, a wonderful man that I personally greeted last night at the White House. I believe this effort will lead to a successful conclusion, hopefully soon!
Trump said the men also spoke about the Middle East, energy, AI, and the dollar. They reminisced about the history between Russia and America, including WWII.
The Kremlin’s readout of the call added that Putin told Trump the resolution requires eliminating “the root causes of the conflict.”
I’m sitting here with clenched teeth because the root cause happened in February 2014 when Ukraine ousted Putin’s puppet, Viktor Yanukovych. Russia made it worse by annexing Crimea. Yeah, highly doubt that vote was totally clean and legit.
Putin invited Trump to visit Russia (please do not go…do not speak or meet him in his territory).
Trump published a shorter post with Zelensky, making me think the two men did not want to expose too much of their conversation due to Kremlin eyes:
I just spoke to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The conversation went very well. He, like President Putin, wants to make PEACE. We discussed a variety of topics having to do with the War, but mostly, the meeting that is being set up on Friday in Munich, where Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead the Delegation. I am hopeful that the results of that meeting will be positive. It is time to stop this ridiculous War, where there has been massive, and totally unnecessary, DEATH and DESTRUCTION. God bless the people of Russia and Ukraine!
Zelensky published a slightly longer post on X:
I had a meaningful conversation with @POTUS. We long talked about opportunities to achieve peace, discussed our readiness to work together at the team level, and Ukraine’s technological capabilities—including drones and other advanced industries. I am grateful to President Trump for his interest in what we can accomplish together.We also spoke about my discussion with @SecScottBessent and the preparation of a new document on security, economic cooperation, and resource partnership. President Trump shared details of his conversation with Putin.No one wants peace more than Ukraine. Together with the U.S., we are charting our next steps to stop Russian aggression and ensure a lasting, reliable peace. As President Trump said, let’s get it done.We agreed to maintain further contact and plan upcoming meetings.
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