In quest for peace in Ukraine Trump gets his wish, but will his dream come true?

Published August 7, 2025 7:12am ET



TRUMP: ‘WE COULD BE ENDING … THE END OF THAT ROAD’: Even before he was elected president, Donald Trump nurtured a dream of getting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a room, knocking their heads together, and using his art of the deal wizardry to compel a peace deal.

Now, Putin has dangled the prospect of a face-to-face meeting, the first U.S.-Russia summit in four years, and Trump is imagining the possibility that his fondest dream could come true, that a trilateral meeting with Putin, Zelensky, and Trump could take place soon. 

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