A day after the White House’s historic gathering of President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders, Trump said the administration is working to set up a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky.
In a call to Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday morning, Trump reiterated a plan for security guarantees for Ukraine, but emphasized it would not mean American troops on the ground there.
Trump said he would not attend an initial meeting between the leaders but agreed to join a follow-up trilateral meeting if asked. Plans with Putin would become more clear in a couple of weeks, he said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said, “We do not reject any working formats – neither bilateral, nor trilateral, the president has repeatedly mentioned this,” according to TASS, the Russian state media.
In Washington, the number of National Guard members patrolling the streets will nearly double in coming days, a major escalation of Trump’s efforts to take over law enforcement in the nation’s capital.
On the White House schedule today, press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters at 1 p.m. EDT. At the same time, Trump will sign a bill.
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