Trump: Peace Talks With Russia Making Progress, But “A Lot of Hatred” Remains

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may visit him, but only after progress is made toward a potential peace deal. Trump said the U.S. is having “good talks” with Russia and described the negotiations as complicated, noting border issues and long-standing tensions. He added that Ukraine is “doing well” and expressed hope the conflict could move toward resolution, despite calling it “one of the more difficult” wars to settle.

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00:00Mr. President.

00:01Okay. Hello, everybody.

00:02How are you?

00:03Thank you, sir.

00:04Hi. How are you?

00:05Hi.

00:06What would you like to know today?

00:08Do you start off by telling us the latest

00:10with Russia and Ukraine?

00:12Are you expecting Zelensky to come visit you?

00:14We're having good — I don't know.

00:16He would like to come, but I think we should get a deal done first.

00:19We're having good talks.

00:22We started with Russia.

00:24We're having some talks with Russia.

00:26Ukraine is doing well.

00:28I think they're pretty happy about it.

00:29I'd like to see it in.

00:31And we won't know for a little while, but we're making progress.

00:35You said, what are the mistakes?

00:37We settled eight wars, and I thought this would be one of the easier ones

00:41because of my relationship with President Putin.

00:44But this is probably one of the more difficult ones.

00:47There's a lot of hatred.

00:48You said there were two pieces of disagreement.

00:51It was still up to me.

00:52Yeah, a few.

00:53Can you tell us what it's all about?

00:55Well, it's just the standard things with people starting to realize

00:58it's a good deal for both parties if they've got to stop the war.

01:01They're losing a lot of people, a lot of soldiers, mostly soldiers.

01:04And that 28th week plan, that some region really weaved with this, but portions of that

01:09and said they could bring it into place?

01:10Well, that was in a regional proposal.

01:12And then from there, we went back.

01:14So when it comes to a scenic plan to Russia, is that still on the 3rd floor?

01:18Has that changed?

01:19Well, they're talking about going land both ways and trying to clean up the border.

01:24You know, you can't go through the middle of a house.

01:26You can't go through the middle of a highway.

01:28So they're trying to work something.

01:31It's a complicated process.

01:32It doesn't go that quickly.

01:34What about the U.S. security guarantees?

01:37Well, we're working that out with Europe.

01:40Europe will be largely involved in that.

01:42We're working that out with Europe.

01:44Europe really wants to see it end impossible.

01:46There were a lot of Republicans who felt that the first plan, the first 28-point plan,

01:51was too favorable to Russia.

01:53Have you changed that?

01:54Well, that was just a map.

01:56All that was is a map.

01:57That was not a plan.

01:58It was a concept.

02:00And from there, they're taking each one of the 28 points.

02:04And then you get down to 22 points.

02:06A lot of them were solved.

02:08And actually very favorably solved.

02:10So we'll see what happens.

02:11Do you think that Ukraine was being asked to give too much land back to Russia?

02:16I know at one point you said it wasn't enough to give any back.

02:19It's really up.

02:20Look, the way it's going, if you look, it's just moving in one direction.

02:25So eventually that's land that over the next couple of months might be gotten by Russia anyway.

02:31So do you want to fight and lose another 50, 60,000 people?

02:36Or do you want to do something now?

02:38In some cases, the land is going in the other direction.

02:41So they're negotiating.

02:44They're trying to get it done.

02:45You want to have a border.

02:46You can't have a border that goes through a highway or a border that goes through the middle of a town.

02:51So that doesn't work.

02:53So it's a long, it's a long, complicated process.

02:56And very, very sad because so many people are being killed.

02:59What's the next step?

03:01They're going to keep talking.

03:02They're talking to Russia now.

03:04Steve Whitcomb is going over.

03:06Maybe with Jared.

03:07I'm not sure about Jared going.

03:08But he's involved in the process.

03:10Smart guy.

03:11And they're going to be meeting with President Putin, I believe, next week in Moscow.

03:17Next week in Moscow?

03:18I think so, yes.

03:19What kinds of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?

03:23Well, they're making concessions.

03:24Their big concessions is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land.

03:28Again, it's a word that would have never happened if I was president.

03:31This was not anything that was going to happen.

03:34This happened because of stupidity.

03:37It's too bad.

03:38It's too bad.

03:39Mr. President.

03:40When COP is going to Russia next week, does that mean that Thanksgiving deadline doesn't

03:45stand anymore for Ukraine?

03:46We're going to see what happens.

03:47They set up a date.

03:48And the date is going to be sometime in the very near future.

03:51Do you have a new deadline?

03:53No, I don't have a deadline.

03:55I just, you know, the deadline for me is when it's over.

03:58And I think everybody's tired of fighting at this moment.

04:01Mr. President.

04:02They're losing, they're losing too many people.

04:04Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to

04:11appeal to you?

04:12Well, I haven't heard it.

04:13No, but I, that's a standard thing.

04:15You know, because he's got to sell this to Ukraine.

04:17He's got to sell Ukraine to Russia.

04:19That's what he's, that's what a dealmaker does.

04:22You got to say, look, they want this.

04:24You've got to convince them with this.

04:25You know, that's a very standard form of negotiation.

04:28I haven't heard it, but I heard it was standard negotiation.

04:33And I wouldn't imagine he's saying the same thing to Ukraine.

04:37Because each party has to give and take.

04:39So you're worried that he's too pro-Russian?

04:42No, I think, look, this war could go on for years.

04:47And Russia's got a lot more people.

04:50A lot more soldiers.

04:52So I think if Ukraine can make a deal, it's a good thing.

04:57I think it's great for both.

04:58Frankly, I think it's great for both.

05:00But Ukraine's got a much smaller, it's a much smaller group of people.

05:06They've lost a lot of people.

05:07Russia's lost a lot of people.

05:09But Russia has a much bigger pool of people.

05:12Mr. President, are you planning to unveil a health care plan anytime soon?

05:16Well, we're looking at different alternatives.

05:19I mean, I like my plan the best.

05:21Don't give any money to the insurance companies.

05:23Give it to the people directly.

05:24Let them go out and buy their own health care plan.

05:27And we're looking at that, if that can work.

05:29We're looking at that.

05:30That's sort of taken off.

05:32That's what I like.

05:33Don't give the money to the insurance companies.

05:36They go out.

05:37They go out and buy their own plan.

05:39You give the money to the people.

05:41I like it the best.

05:42I like it the bestически.

05:48I like it.

05:58I like ice cream.

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