Trump says could meet with Putin in the next two weeks

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Trump says could meet with Putin in the next two weeks  US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would meet again with Russian President  Vladimir Putin in an effort to end the war in Ukraine.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/10/17/trump-says-could-meet-with-putin-in-the-next-two-weeks  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00The U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will meet again with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to end the war in Ukraine.

00:09A date has not been set yet, but Trump wrote on social media that the meeting will take place in Budapest, Hungary.

00:16In the streets of Budapest, there was a mixed reaction.

00:20This meeting is a positive development because Trump, Orban and Putin, but especially Trump and Putin,

00:25can primarily focus on economic interest and the foreign policy benefits between their two countries.

00:32But Hungary can play a key role in discussions about the outcome of the war.

00:39Some in the streets of Budapest cast doubt about Orban involvement in the talks,

00:45saying that he was a close associate of Putin, who can't criticize him.

00:49Hungary doesn't have the same way to presenting any arguments.

00:58We have a prime minister who basically plays Putin's tune,

01:02honestly saying he's like his lucky.

01:06In reality, the Americans and the European Union need to provide military support for Ukraine to survive.

01:17Otherwise, it will have been lost long ago.

01:22While most European Union countries have offered political, financial and military support to Kiev,

01:28Hungary and Orban has chartered a starkly different cause,

01:32refusing to supply Ukraine with weapons or allow their transit through Hungary.

01:36territory.

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