Trump won’t meet Putin again unless Ukraine deal is likely to happen

President Donald Trump stated Saturday he is not going to waste time assembly once more with Russian President Vladimir Putin except an settlement on the warfare in Ukraine is probably going.

“I must know that we will make a deal,” Trump advised reporters aboard Air Drive One after taking off from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, when requested about securing a gathering with Putin. “I am not going to waste my time. I’ve all the time had an important relationship with Vladimir Putin, however this has been very disappointing.”

He stated he thought the warfare in Ukraine can be resolved “lengthy earlier than” the peace deal between Israel and Hamas.

“We now have Azerbaijan and Armenia. That was very powerful,” Trump added, referring to the peace summit he hosted between the 2 international locations on the White Home final summer season.

TRUMP FREES PUTIN FOR LACK OF ‘ENOUGH ACTION’ TOWARDS PEACE – FUTURE TALK UNCERTAIN

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Saturday aboard Air Drive One at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar. (AP Picture/Mark Schiefelbein)

He continued: “Putin advised me on the cellphone that he stated, ‘Boy, that was nice,’ as a result of everybody was attempting to get that finished, and so they could not. I obtained it finished. You had others. When you have a look at India and Pakistan, I might say that nearly each one of many offers that I’ve finished already, I believed it will have been more durable than Russia, than Ukraine, but it surely did not work out that means.”

‘There’s a whole lot of hatred between the 2, between one another [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky and Putin, there’s huge hatred.”

President Donald Trump, proper, shakes arms with Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout a joint information convention at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, August 15, 2025. (AP Picture/Jae C. Hong, file)

Earlier this week, Trump stated he had canceled a deliberate assembly with Putin in Budapest to debate the warfare as a result of he noticed it as a “waste of time.”

Trump introduced the Budapest assembly final week and stated it might occur inside the subsequent two weeks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with President Donald Trump earlier than a luncheon within the White Home Cupboard Room on Friday, October 17. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)

He additionally introduced sanctions towards Russia this week.

Trump and Putin final met in Alaska in August, however no settlement was reached after the summit.

Trump met with Zelenskyy on the convention final week White Homethe place he apparently rejected Ukraine’s request for Tomahawk long-range missiles.

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The president additionally stated he needs a “full resolution” when he meets with Chinese language President Xi Jinping subsequent week [trade] settlement.”

“I need our farmers to be taken care of, and he needs issues too,” Trump stated. “We will speak about fentanyl, after all. Fentanyl is killing lots of people, lots of people. It comes from China and we will speak about that loads. We will speak about a whole lot of issues. I feel we’ve an excellent probability of constructing a really complete deal.”