President Donald Trump has confirmed that he will speak to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin tomorrow about giving up land to Ukraine.
‘I’ll be speaking to [President Putin] on Tuesday. A lot of work’s been done over the weekend,’ Trump revealed.
‘We want to see if we can bring that war to an end,’ Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he travelled back to Washington D.C. from Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Sunday.
‘Maybe we can, maybe we can’t, but I think we have a very good chance,’ he added.
Trump said he plans to discuss land and power plants with the Russian leader regarding potential concessions.
‘I think we have a lot of it already discussed very much by both sides, Ukraine and Russia,’ Trump continued. ‘We are already talking about that… dividing up certain assets.’
Over the weekend, Trump made bold predictions about the ceasefire deal in Ukraine.
The 78-year-old president sat down for a pre-tapped interview with the weekly news program Full Measure where he was asked about his plans should Putin not agree to a ceasefire.
‘Bad news for this world because so many people are dying,’ Trump responded.
But the president insisted he thinks Putin will agree to the deal.
‘I think he’s going to agree. I really do. I think I know him pretty well, and I think he’s going to agree,’ Trump told anchor Sharyl Attkisson.
Trump would not say during his interview whether he was speaking with Putin recently, but said ‘we are dealing with him’.
It comes as Trump administration special envoy Steve Witkoff held a meeting with Putin behind closed doors on Thursday as the US pushes for the ceasefire deal.
‘It was positive. It was a solution-based discussion,’ Witkoff told CNN’s State Of The Union on Sunday on his return.
He said he expects there will be a call between Trump and Putin ‘this week’.
Trump said in the interview that they’re looking to get Russia onboard with the ceasefire deal reached with Ukraine and said it’s going ‘OK’.
He suggested they would know a little bit more on Monday.
Attkisson noted in her interview with the president that he claimed he would have the war settled in 24 hours.
‘Well, I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that,’ Trump responded. ‘What I really mean is I would like to get it settled.’
Trump predicted that he thinks he will be ‘successful.’
Putin said on Thursday that he supports a ceasefire but also outlined details that needed to be negotiated before a deal could be made.
Source: Linda Ikeji Blog
