{"id":84771,"date":"2025-10-16T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/10\/16\/trump-says-hell-meet-with-putin-in-hungary\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:27:27","slug":"trump-says-hell-meet-with-putin-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2025\/10\/16\/trump-says-hell-meet-with-putin-in-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he\u2019ll meet with Putin in Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/10\/14\/us-strikes-another-alleged-drug-carrying-boat-off-venezuela-coast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/10\/14\/us-strikes-another-alleged-drug-carrying-boat-off-venezuela-coast\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> is redoubling his efforts to end the war in Ukraine, announcing a second meeting with Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin one day before sitting down with Ukraine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/09\/24\/trump-says-he-now-thinks-ukraine-can-win-back-all-land-lost-to-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/09\/24\/trump-says-he-now-thinks-ukraine-can-win-back-all-land-lost-to-russia\/\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> at the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s announcement came shortly after finishing a call with Putin on Thursday. A date has not been set, but Trump said the meeting would take place in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe great progress was made with today\u2019s telephone conversation,\u201d Trump wrote on social media. The two leaders previously met in Alaska in August, which did not produce a diplomatic breakthrough, a source of frustration for the U.S. leader who had expected that his longstanding relationship with Putin could pave the way to resolving a conflict that began nearly four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/16\/key-takeaways-from-the-trump-putin-summit\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25227841777981.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Key takeaways from the Trump-Putin summit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The much-anticipated summit ended with a thud after the two leaders conceded they had failed to reach any agreements on how to end the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yuri Ushakov, Putin\u2019s foreign affairs adviser, said the Russian president initiated the call, which he described as \u201cvery frank and trusting.\u201d He said Putin emphasized to Trump that selling long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, something that the U.S. president has publicly discussed, would \u201cinflict significant damage to the relations between our countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump was already scheduled to meet on Friday with Zelenskyy, who has been seeking weapons that would allow Ukrainian forces to strike deeper into Russian territory. Zelenskyy has argued such strikes would help compel Putin to take Trump\u2019s calls for direct negotiations to end the war more seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump tries to turn campaign promises into reality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s renewed focus on the war in Ukraine comes after forging a ceasefire that could end the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, a diplomatic accomplishment that <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-hostages-egypt-6347e7da64f6c97b95109558096c0b6c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-hostages-egypt-6347e7da64f6c97b95109558096c0b6c\">he celebrated with a whirlwind trip<\/a> to Israel and Egypt on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ending the wars in Ukraine and Gaza was central to Trump\u2019s campaign pitch last year, when he persistently pilloried President <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> for his handling of the conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although there has been fragile progress in Gaza, Trump has been stymied by Putin, unable to convince the Russian leader to hold direct talks with Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week in Jerusalem, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-hostages-egypt-6347e7da64f6c97b95109558096c0b6c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-hostages-egypt-6347e7da64f6c97b95109558096c0b6c\">in a speech to the Knesset<\/a>, Trump predicted the truce in Gaza would lay the groundwork for the U.S. to help Israel and many of its Middle East neighbors normalize relations. Trump also made clear his top foreign policy priority now is ending the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFirst we have to get Russia done,\u201d Trump said, turning to his special envoy <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/steve-witkoff-special-envoy-russia-ukraine-mideast-d26c80c87a57fd3a811e4b0aa0eda58e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/steve-witkoff-special-envoy-russia-ukraine-mideast-d26c80c87a57fd3a811e4b0aa0eda58e\">Steve Witkoff<\/a>, who has also served as his administration\u2019s chief interlocutor with Putin. \u201cWe gotta get that one done. If you don\u2019t mind, Steve, let\u2019s focus on Russia first. All right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump weighs Tomahawks for Ukraine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday\u2019s meeting with Trump and Zelenskyy will be their fourth face-to-face encounter this year. After their initial Oval Office conversation devolved into recriminations, they\u2019ve forged a more amicable relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has said he\u2019s considering selling long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv, something that Putin has said could further damage relations between Moscow and Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although such a sale would be a splashy move, it could take years to provide the equipment and training necessary for Ukraine to use Tomahawks, said Mark Montgomery, an analyst at the conservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montgomery said Ukraine could be better served in the near term with a surge of Extended Range Attack Munition, or ERAM, missiles and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-russia-war-biden-what-are-atacms-missiles-8d8621321af8c673bd42a5693c2ad1f4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ukraine-russia-war-biden-what-are-atacms-missiles-8d8621321af8c673bd42a5693c2ad1f4\">Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS<\/a>. The U.S. already approved the sale of up to 3,350 ERAMs to Kyiv earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tomahawk, with a range of about 995 miles (1,600 kilometers), would allow Ukraine to strike far deeper in Russian territory than either the ERAM (about 285 miles, or 460 km) or ATACMS (about 186 miles, or 300 kilometers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo provide Tomahawks is as much a political decision as it is a military decision,\u201d Montgomery said. \u201cThe ERAM is shorter range, but this can help them put pressure on Russia operationally, on their logistics, the command and control, and its force disbursement within several hundred kilometers of the front line. It can be very effective.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Signs of White House interest in new Russia sanctions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waiting for Trump\u2019s blessing is legislation in the Senate that would impose steep tariffs on countries that purchase Russia\u2019s oil, gas, uranium and other exports in an attempt to cripple Moscow economically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the president hasn\u2019t formally endorsed it \u2014 and Republican leaders do not plan to move forward without his support \u2014 the White House has shown, behind the scenes, more interest in the bill in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Administration officials have gone through the legislation in depth, offering line edits and requesting technical changes, according to two officials with knowledge of the discussions between the White House and the Senate. That has been interpreted on Capitol Hill as a sign that Trump is getting more serious about the legislation, sponsored by close ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., along with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A White House official said the administration is working with lawmakers to make sure that \u201cintroduced bills advance the president\u2019s foreign policy objectives and authorities.\u201d The official, who was granted anonymity to discuss private deliberations, said any sanctions package needs to give the president \u201ccomplete flexibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writers Fatima Hussein and Didi Tang contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0is redoubling his efforts to end the war in Ukraine, announcing a second meeting with Russia\u2019s Vladimir 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