” We expect that he’ll come here, and I’ll get it, and we’re going to meet likewise, perhaps in Saudi Arabia”, Trump told reporters Wednesday at the swearing-in meeting of Tulsi Gabbard, his fresh intelligence chief. ” The first time we’ll join in Saudi Arabia ,]to] notice if we get things done”.
Trump and Putin had their first official phone call after their 90-minute conference, which came after Volodymyr Zelensky‘s discourse with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Trump administration helped broker a peace agreement nearly three centuries after Russia launched a second invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, during the phone conversation. Treasury Secretary , Scott Bessent , was in Kyiv on Wednesday to match with Zelensky before the Ukrainian sat along with Vice President , JD Vance , and , Secretary of State , Marco Rubio , on the outside of the Munich Security Conference in , Germany  , on Friday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also stated at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels, Belgium, that the United States does not believe NATO membership for Ukraine to get” a practical outcome of a negotiated negotiation.”
After watching Attorney General Pam Bondi swear in Gabbard, a former Hawaii Democratic congressman, Trump said it was not “practical” for Ukraine to become a member of NATO, agreeing with Hegseth that it was also “unlikely” that Ukraine’s country would return to its 2014 territories after Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
” President Putin declared that he wants it to stop. He doesn’t want to close it and then go back to fighting six months later”, Trump added. ” We’ll probably ending up at some point getting a ceasefire in the not-too-distant potential”.
When asked whether he was urging Zelensky to leave the talks with Putin or granting the war to him, Trump said he was not sure but prompted Ukraine to hold an election, citing the results of the Ukrainian polls. At the same time, the leader recommitted to sending assistance to Ukraine, though he was convinced that it be” secured”.
Trump said he would act on bilateral tariffs later than expected because he didn’t want to hurt Gabbard. On Wednesday afternoon, he was scheduled to take senior orders.
” I don’t want to take anything away from this young lady’s time because this is her time, and I may do it later on, or I may do it soon morning, but we’ll get signing bilateral levies”, he continued. ” The earth has exploited the United States for a long time.”
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The Senate confirmed Gabbard on Wednesday, 52-48, with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY ) casting the lone Republican vote against her. Her candidacy received criticism for her own opinions on Russia and her interaction with ex-Syrian President Bashar Assad, who had been ousted.
” There’s nothing like her for the job”, Trump said.
