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PRESIDENT TRUMP RECAPS
IIn an exclusive
interview on Fox & Friends this morning, President Donald
J. Trump provided an inside look at yesterday’s historic White House peace
summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key
European leaders. Detailing his bold diplomacy, President Trump emphasized his
unwavering commitment to stopping the bloodshed and securing lasting peace,
rallying European allies to lead on security and paving the way for an ultimate
resolution to the war. Here’s what you missed:
President
Trump said he
arranged a bilateral meeting between President Putin and President
Zelenskyy: “I thought I’d first let them meet. They
haven’t been exactly best friends… It only matters if we get things done… I
hope that President Zelenskyy will do what he has to do. He has to show some
flexibility also.”
·President
Trump described his
call with President Putin: “I told him that we’re going to set
up a meeting with President Zelenskyy, and you and he will meet, and then after
that meeting, if everything works out OK, I’ll meet and we’ll wrap it up. It
takes, in this case, two to tango. They have to have somewhat of a
relationship, otherwise we’re just wasting a lot of time.”
·President
Trump underscored the
situation’s urgency by describing an interaction with a fellow leader: “At
the table, one of the gentlemen… he said, ‘Well, let’s meet in another month or
two and let’s see if we can start making some…’ I said, ‘A MONTH OR TWO!?
You’re going to have another 40,000 people dead in a month or two — you have to
do it TONIGHT.’ And I did, actually — I called President Putin and we’re trying
to work out a meeting with President Zelenskyy.”
· President
Trump explained what
has surprised him about President Putin and President Zelenskyy: “I
think the fact that maybe they’re getting along a little bit better than I
thought, otherwise I wouldn’t have set up the [bilateral] meeting, I would’ve
set up a three — a trilateral. But I think they’re doing a little bit better.
There’s been tremendous bad blood.”
·President
Trump outlined how
long-term peace in Ukraine could be secured: “They’re not
going to be a part of NATO, but we’ve got the European nations and they’ll
front-load it and they’ll have, some of them — France, Germany, UK — they want
to have boots on the ground. I don’t think it’s going to be a problem, to be
honest with you.”
·President
Trump rejected American
troops defending Ukraine’s border: “You have my assurance — and
I’m President. I’m just trying to stop people from being killed.”
·President
Trump detailed his
discussions with European leaders: “They want to get back to
leading their countries. They’re consumed with this far more than we are… There
will be some form of security. It can’t be NATO because that’s just not
something that would ever, ever happen.”
·President
Trump commented on
his relationship with European leaders: “I think really, they
have respect for our country again. A year ago, they wouldn’t have come. They
wouldn’t have even thought about it. Now, we’ve become the hottest country
anywhere in the world. Everybody wants to be here.”
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President Trump Participates in a American Leadership Is Back August 18, 2025
As
President Donald J. Trump convenes with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
and key European allies at the White House, the world is witnessing the
resurgence of American leadership. Through his unrelenting commitment to peace,
President Trump is determined to shatter the yearslong impasse and pave a way
for an end to the bloodshed.
World
leaders credit President Trump’s decisive actions for reigniting the dialogue:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy: “I think that we had a very
good conversation with President Trump… it was really good. We spoke about very
sensitive points.”
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: “I really want to thank you, President of the
United States, dear Donald, for the fact that you, as I said before, broke the
deadlock basically with President Putin by starting the dialogue … From there,
here we are today.”
Finnish President Alexander Stubb: “I think in the past two weeks, we’ve probably
had more progress in ending this war than we have in the past three-and-a-half
years.”
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “It is an important day — a new phase — after
three years that we didn’t see any kind of sign from the Russian side that they
were willing for dialogue, so something is changing — something has changed —
thanks to you.”
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir
Starmer: “I think today will be seen as
a very important day in recent years in relation to a conflict which has gone
on for three-and-a-bit years, and so far, nobody has been able to bring it to
this point — so I thank you for that.”
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “This is extremely helpful that we are meeting
and hearing that the two of you are having such a good meeting today … The path
is open. You opened it last Friday — but now the way is open for complicated
negotiations.”
French President Emmanuel Macron: “Thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this
meeting and for your commitment… everybody around this table is in favor of
peace… this is why the idea of a trilateral meeting is very important because
this is the only way to fix it.”
European Commission President Ursula
von der Leyen: “We had a fantastic NATO
Summit… We had the largest trade deal ever — agreed. And now, we are here to
work together with you on a… lasting peace for Ukraine. Stop the killing. This
is really our common interest.” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live Note FOX: European leaders join Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House
European and NATO leaders have joined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks with President Donald Trump at the White House. During the meeting, Zelenskyy continued to stress the importance of both U.S. and European involvement in the ongoing peace negotiations.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Finnish President Alexander Stubb were all in attendance.
On Friday, President Trump and President Putin of Russia met for the first time in six years. They discussed what it will take to stop Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy was not at their meeting in Alaska last week.
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