Trump is optimistic that he can gather Putin and Zelensky in a negotiation.
With the peace process in Ukraine appearing to have stalled, the eyes of the world turn to US President Donald J. Trump, who, all agree, is the only man who can stop the bloodshed.
On Saturday (August 30), Trump said that a trilateral meeting between himself, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Kiev leader Volodymyr Zelensky ‘will happen’.
But Trump warned that this trilateral (or ‘tri’) is likely to take place only after the war goes on ‘a little longer’.
At the same time, he dismissed the chances of a bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelensky.
New York Post reported:
“’A tri would happen. A bi [bilateral], I don’t know about, but a tri will happen’, Trump told the Daily Caller. ‘But you know, sometimes people aren’t ready for it’.”
Read the first excerpt of our interview with President Trump herehttps://t.co/9BFEWkXFjh
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 30, 2025
Trump has met with Putin and Zelensky separately, but the bilateral negotiations have not progressed.
Moscow is standing its ground and insisting on its long-known demands, while Kiev is leaning on the Euro-Globalists to keep from making any concessions and keep the war going.
“While Trump touted his relationship with Putin as a strength to push the Russian leader to meet with Zelensky, he also said, ‘Maybe they have to fight a little longer’ before such a summit can happen.
‘I use the analogy. I’ve used it a couple of times. You have a child, and there’s another child in the lot, in the playground, and they hate each other, and they start swinging, swinging and swinging, and you want them to stop, and they keep going’, Trump said.
‘After a little while, they’re very happy to stop. … Sometimes they have to fight for a little bit before you can get them to stop’, he added.”
The war in Ukraine has turned into the bloodiest European conflict since World War II.
Trump has repeatedly ruled out US troops on the ground as a security guarantees, but has added that some kind of guarantees have to be extended to Kiev to end the war.
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Trump Blames Euro-Globalist Leaders for Sabotaging Peace Process Between Russia and Ukraine: REPORT
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