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Trump plans to meet Putin – and Selenskyj
Updated on 08/06/2025 – 10:00 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Donald Trump apparently is aiming for a meeting with Vladimir Putin. But it shouldn’t stay that way.
According to a media report, US President Donald Trump wants to personally meet his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin next week. Shortly afterwards, a joint meeting with Putin and the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj is planned, reports the “New York Times”, citing two people familiar with the plan. The “Wall Street Journal” also reports.
The spokeswoman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, said on Wednesday in Washington: “The president is open to meet both President Putin and President Selenskyj.” The desire for a meeting with Trump was expressed from the Russian side. But she did not name a date or a place for a possible encounter
After “New York Times”, Trump presented the project on Wednesday evening on a phone call with European state and government heads- including the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The British Prime Minister Keir Strandmer, NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte, US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj were also switched on.
The US specialist Steve Witkoff was also on the apparatus, who had personally talked to Putin on Wednesday afternoon. At first there are no statements of the governments mentioned.
Trump, Putin and Selenskyj should take part in the second meeting – but no European heads of state. These had “accepted” Trump’s plans by phone on Wednesday evening. It is not known whether Putin or Selenskyj agree to the plan. Selenskyj is said to have not contradicted Trump on Wednesday evening.
A Ultimatum Trump is off to Russia on Friday. He had pushed Putin to end the attacks on Ukraine until then. Otherwise, the US President threatens punitive tariffs against countries that continue to trade with Russia. Trump has already imposed an additional tariff of 25 percent against India due to persistent oil imports from Russia. Similar secondary sanctions could hit China, Brazil or the EU.
