00:00President Donald Trump broke his silence following his high-stakes, closed-door meeting with
00:08Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15.
00:13In an exclusive interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Trump offered new insights into
00:20what he described as a productive summit, even as the two sides left without a formal
00:27ceasefire in Ukraine.
00:28Let's look at the 10 most revealing takeaways from Trump's recap of the summit.
00:36No deal until there's a deal.
00:40Despite positive signs, Trump made it clear.
00:44No agreement has been finalized.
00:47As far as I'm concerned, there's no deal until there's a deal.
00:51We did make a lot of progress.
00:55Putin wants to see it done.
00:59Trump said he believes Putin is motivated to end the war in Ukraine.
01:05He wants to see it done.
01:08Trump refuses to reveal the one big sticking point.
01:13Hannity pressed Trump to disclose the core issue that kept the summit from producing a ceasefire.
01:19The ball is now in Zelensky's court.
01:32The ball is now in Zelensky's court.
01:33Trump shifted some responsibility to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European allies.
01:52We were together almost three hours and it was very extensive.
01:57And we agreed on a lot of points.
01:59I mean, a lot of points were agreed on.
02:01There's not that much.
02:02There's, you know, one or two pretty significant items.
02:05But I think they can be reached.
02:07Now it's really up to President Zelensky to get it done.
02:11And I would also say the European nations, they have to get involved a little bit.
02:15But it's up to President Zelensky.
02:17I think we are.
02:19And if they'd like, I'll be at that next meeting.
02:21They're going to set up a meeting now between President Zelensky and President Putin.
02:24Open to a trilateral summit.
02:28Trump said he's willing to sit down again.
02:31This time with both Putin and Zelensky.
02:35The next step, you had said that you wanted a meeting as quickly as possible.
02:41Maybe with you, President Zelensky and President Putin.
02:43Yeah.
02:44I don't know if I trust the two of them in a room alone together.
02:48I think it would be better if you are there.
02:51Well, they both want me there.
02:52Did that come up?
02:53Yeah, it did.
02:54I mean, they both want me there and I'll be there.
02:57You got to see it out.
02:58And it is a big day.
02:59I think either way it's a big day.
03:01But if we get this solved, it's a really big day because we're going to save a lot of lives.
03:06Are you confident it can happen in a shorter time period?
03:10Fairly short, yeah.
03:11Fairly short.
03:11So maybe in the next month?
03:13I thought this would be the easiest of them all.
03:15And it was the most difficult.
03:17Again, you say six or seven.
03:18It's a lot.
03:20Timeframes are hard.
03:21I've done it.
03:21I've saved a lot of lives.
03:23I think the meeting was a 10 in the sense that we got along great.
03:36Putin respects the US again.
03:41According to Trump, the Russian president now respects the United States.
03:46A stark contrast, Trump claimed, to how Putin felt under President Joe Biden.
03:52He respects our country now.
03:54He had no respect for it under Biden.
03:59No war if Trump had been President.
04:02I'm sure that today's agreements will help us restart pragmatic relations between Russia and the United States and help us start on the path towards resolution in Ukraine.
04:17And also, one more thing, in 2022, during my final contact with the previous administration, I tried to convince my previous American counterpart, President Biden, that we needn't move towards a situation which could lead to a military confrontation.
04:42I told him before, I told him before that that would be a critical mistake, and now President Trump, when he says that if he were President, there would be no war, and I personally believe that is the case.
04:53There would be no war, had President Trump being President at that time, because myself and President Trump have had very good trust-based relations, and I'm confident that if we had stayed on that path, we could move as quickly as possible to a resolution of the conflict in Ukraine.
05:16Thank you for your attention.
05:17Echoing past claims, Trump reiterated that the Ukraine war would never have happened if he were still in office.
05:26He also noted that Putin publicly agreed with that assessment during their joint press conference.
05:33Advice to Zelensky
05:34Make a deal
05:35Asked what advice he would give to Zelensky following the summit, Trump did not hesitate.
05:43Make a deal
05:43He suggested that prolonged conflict is not in Ukraine's best interest, and that a negotiated settlement should be the goal.
05:54Putin questioned 2020 US election integrity.
05:58In a controversial revelation, Trump claimed Putin told him he believes the 2020 US election was rigged due to mail-in voting.
06:08He said you can't have a great democracy with mail-in voting.
06:13So, while Trump painted a picture of diplomatic progress, the summit produced no ceasefire, no timeline for peace, and no clear concessions from Moscow.
06:25Still, Trump appeared confident that momentum is building.
06:29Whether that leads to a lasting resolution or just another round of talks remains to be seen.
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