One day after the White House warned the public to keep expectations low for Donald Trump’s upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.S. president stated that he intends to “sound out” Putin—and sees only two possible outcomes.
If the meeting is successful, Trump said a trilateral summit with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will take place “almost immediately” to negotiate an end to the war, now in its fourth year.
However, if the talks go poorly, Trump made it clear there will be no second meeting. He emphasized that Russia will face “serious consequences” if it refuses to de-escalate the deadliest military conflict on European soil since World War II—though he did not elaborate on the nature of those consequences.
The meeting will take place in Anchorage, Alaska, marking the first in-person talks between the two leaders since 2019.
Visibly frustrated by media coverage portraying the summit as a diplomatic win for Putin, Trump pushed back, reaffirming the U.S.’s firm stance.
To allow the Russian delegation’s entry into U.S. territory, the Treasury Department temporarily lifted sanctions imposed on Putin and key officials since the start of the war in Ukraine.
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