After a meeting for nearly three hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump emerged from behind closed doors Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska claiming negotiations had been “extremely productive” — while also admitting that no comprehensive ceasefire agreement had been reached.
“We haven’t quite got there, but we’ve got some headway,” Trump said. “There’s no deal until there’s a deal.”
The president went on to note that “many points were agreed to,” while “just a few… were left” unresolved” — “one” of which, he added, is “more significant” than the others.
Earlier in the day, Trump said he wanted to “see a ceasefire, rapidly.”
“I don’t know if it’s going to be today, but I’m not going to be happy if it’s not today,” he added.
During his joint press conference Friday with Putin, however, Trump signaled that negotiations would continue in the near future, saying that he would “call” NATO and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky because it was “ultimately up to them to agree with” the parameters of what his team and Putin’s team had discussed.
“We didn’t get there, but we have a very good chance of getting there,” Trump concluded. Then he addressed Putin directly, as “Vladimir.”
“We’ll speak to you very soon — and probably see you again very soon.”
“Next time in Moscow,” Putin interjected, drawing a chuckle from Trump.
“I’ll get heat for that,” Trump replied. “But I can see that possibly happening.”