Trump says ‘I’ll see whose fault it is’ if Putin-Zelenskyy meeting not set
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Trump's comments come as Ukraine's allies draw up plans for a future security guarantee, which Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada could play 'an important role' in.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll “see whose fault it is” if Russia doesn’t come to the table for direct peace negotiations with Ukraine in the coming days, as doubts grow over whether a high-level meeting will take place.
The White House said this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the next two weeks after a call with Trump, which came after Trump and Zelenskyy met with European leaders at the White House on Monday.
Yet Russia’s top diplomat said Friday no plans are in place for such a meeting, despite Trump saying he had begun arrangements for one as he seeks to end the three-and-a-half-year war.
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday that in two weeks he’ll “know the attitude of Russia, and frankly of Ukraine,” whether they’re ready to make peace, but was non-committal of whether there will be consequences if a meeting doesn’t happen.
“It’s going to be a very important decision, and that’s whether or not it’s massive sanctions or massive tariffs or both,” he said, without specifying which country he would punish. “Or we do nothing and say, ‘It’s your fight.'”
Asked if that means there’s a possibility he’ll do nothing when the two-week deadline passes, Trump replied: “I’ll see whose fault it is. If there’s reasons why, I’ll understand that.”
“I know exactly what I’m doing,” he added.
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