“I want the killing to stop. I’m in this to stop the killing,” Trump said.
Trump’s No. 1 goal was to negotiate an immediate pause to the Ukraine war, which he said was killing 7,000 people a week. And his big stick was the threat of secondary sanctions that could cripple Russia’s vital oil revenue.
Trump vowed that if Putin disagreed, he would quit the talks and impose “very severe consequences” on Russia.
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“I want 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 said just before the meeting.
Russian President Putin and President Donald Trump meet at U.S. Air Base In Alaska on August 15, 2025,
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