Trump plans direct talks with Putin and Zelensky

[Andy C]

Trump clearly has the stronger hand as Putin knows Trump can drop the hammer (sanctions/tariffs) on Russias economy. Contrary to what some of the press have reported, I think Trump got mostly what he wanted from this meeting. His stated goal was to set the stage for a peace deal, which means another meeting which will be soon, and likely include Zelenski.

We all know Trump likes to talk, and take numerous questions from the press. The fact that he kept his comments short, and took no questions tells me the a deal is within reach, but cant be made public yet until all parties agree.

Nobody really thought a peace deal would come out of this first meeting.

 

[Andy C]

Sure is quiet here.......

At least he didnt give Alaska to Putin……

 

[Andiamo]

No way any peace deal could be a 1-step process.
I love what Putin said about Biden.
CBS has the transcript of their comments.

 

[Work4Peanuts]

Trump clearly has the stronger hand as Putin knows Trump can drop the hammer (sanctions/tariffs) on Russias economy. Contrary to what some of the press have reported, I think Trump got mostly what he wanted from this meeting. His stated goal was to set the stage for a peace deal, which means another meeting which will be soon, and likely include Zelenski.

We all know Trump likes to talk, and take numerous questions from the press. The fact that he kept his comments short, and took no questions tells me the a deal is within reach, but cant be made public yet until all parties agree.

Nobody really thought a peace deal would come out of this first meeting.

Mom said they had good body language coming out of the meeting, and she is very good at reading body language.

 

[KMendel]

Quoted from Andy:

We all know Trump likes to talk, and take numerous questions from the press. The fact that he kept his comments short, and took no questions, tells me that a deal is within reach but can't be made public yet until all parties agree.

At least he didn't give Alaska to Putin.

Second quote is a bit snarky, don't you think, Andy? And, from your own quotes here, we have no idea what Trump proposed to Putin, do we? We have no clue what was discussed in Trump's limo, for instance. He may or may not have offered Alaska to Putin. So, rather than speak prematurely about what was/was not said/done/offered............perhaps we should wait until we know all the facts. They will come out in due time. The fact that he kept his comments short and took no questions could also mean Putin didn't play along with Trump's plans, and so the lunch was canceled and the meeting cut short with Putin making a brisk departure.........with no question-taking from the press . As I said, time will tell.

 

[Andy C]

Quoted from Andy:

We all know Trump likes to talk, and take numerous questions from the press. The fact that he kept his comments short, and took no questions, tells me that a deal is within reach but can't be made public yet until all parties agree.

At least he didn't give Alaska to Putin.

Second quote is a bit snarky, don't you think, Andy? And, from your own quotes here, we have no idea what Trump proposed to Putin, do we? We have no clue what was discussed in Trump's limo, for instance. He may or may not have offered Alaska to Putin. So, rather than speak prematurely about what was/was not said/done/offered............perhaps we should wait until we know all the facts. They will come out in due time. The fact that he kept his comments short and took no questions could also mean Putin didn't play along with Trump's plans, and so the lunch was canceled and the meeting cut short with Putin making a brisk departure.........with no question-taking from the press . As I said, time will tell.

snarky? Yes, Im sorry.

You are correct, we dont yet know what the main sticking point is, but what we do know is we have a President who is working hard to try and end the killing in their war.

Trump knows how to play the long game in order to finalize a deal. If it ends up not working, it wont be because of a lack of effort.

 

[Amethyst]

How could Trump possibly offer Alaska to Putin?

Trump would not try to give away something as beautiful as Alaska.
He wants all of Canada lol, why would he give away something

 

[Andy C]

Trump would not try to give away something as beautiful as Alaska.
He wants all of Canada lol, why would he give away something

Now if were taking about giving away my home state of CA, and my current state of Oregon…have at it…….

 

[Andy C]

Trump will meet with Zelenski on Monday with other European leaders also present.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Trump will meet with Zelenski on Monday with other European leaders also present.

Security had best be on their tip-toes