Trump says to meet Putin in Budapest after ‘great’ call
US President Donald Trump said he planned to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Hungary after making “great progress” in a call Thursday, just a day before Ukraine’s leader is due at the White House to push for Tomahawk missiles.
Trump did not give a date for the meeting in Budapest, which would be his second with Putin since returning to office. The pair met in Alaska in August without a breakthrough on ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Kremlin said it would start “immediately” preparing the summit following the “extremely frank and trustful” call.
But Ukraine’s envoy to Washington said Russia was already rejecting Trump’s peace efforts through “terror” strikes.
The planned summit represents yet another wild swing in Trump’s relations with Putin, which warmed up earlier this year,…
