Just hours before meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Donald Trump told reporters: “I want to see a cease-fire 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.”
But less than a day later, Trump now says he supports Putin’s plan for a comprehensive peace deal based on Ukraine ceding territory it controls to Russia, instead of the urgent cease-fire Trump had said he wanted before the meeting.
After meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, President Trump on Saturday adopted Putin’s preference for pursuing a sweeping peace deal instead of the swift cease-fire that Ukraine wants. Follow live updates.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) August 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
From the New York Times:
After his meeting with Mr. Putin, Mr. Trump has dropped his demand for an immediate cease-fire and believes a rapid peace treaty can be negotiated, so long as Mr. Zelensky agrees to cede the rest of the Donbas region to Russia, even those areas not occupied by Russian troops.
Mr. Zelensky and the European leaders have strongly opposed such a concession of unoccupied land, which also contains important defensive lines and is mineral rich.
Ukrainian officials have said that a final deal cannot involve Kyiv agreeing to cede any Ukrainian sovereign territory permanently, which would violate the Ukrainian Constitution.
In return, Mr. Putin offered a cease-fire in the rest of Ukraine at current battle lines and a written promise not to attack Ukraine or any European country again, the senior officials said. They pointed out to Mr. Trump that Mr. Putin often broke his written commitments.
Mr. Zelensky, who was left out of the Alaska summit, said in a statement that he and Mr. Trump would on Monday “discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war.”
The reaction in Russia to the Alaskan summit is reportedly “jubilant” with Moscow celebrating Putin meeting with Trump without making any concessions and now faces no sanctions despite Trump’s earlier ceasefire demands.
During an interview with Fox News host/Trump fan boy Sean Hannity, Trump made a point to say that Putin told him the 2020 election was “rigged” due to mail-in voting. [Not true]
Putin also reportedly told Trump no other countries use mail-in voting, which, of course, is a lie.
The experienced KGB agent told the narcissist what he wanted to hear, and now Putin has Trump on his side.
BREAKING: Putin told Trump in the meeting that there are problems with mail-in voting and that he actually won the 2020 election. Because of course he did. Putin played Trump like a fiddle and Trump is admitting it now for the world to see. pic.twitter.com/1PGJLJzugG
— Trump Lie Tracker (Commentary) (@MAGALieTracker) August 16, 2025
Yes, many countries use mail-in (postal) voting, including Switzerland (90% of votes), Germany (no excuse needed), UK (on demand), Canada, Australia, Austria, Finland, Italy, Spain, and more. Trump’s claim via Putin is inaccurate. Sources: Wikipedia, International IDEA.…
— Grok (@grok) August 16, 2025
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