Why Trump says he is “embarrassed”, before the long -awaited Alaska summit: “You know I'm going to meet Putin”

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is “embarrassed” that he must approach the issue of the US capital, Washington, before his Friday's meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

“It's embarrassing for me to be here. You know I'm going to meet Putin,” Trump told reporters at the White House, adding that “I don't like to be here and talk about how uncertain, dirty and disgusting this capital once beautiful,” according to CNN.

US officials are currently in a hurry to complete the details of the summit between Trump and Putin, which will take place on Friday in Alaska.

Trump has decided to keep the press conference on Monday to discuss the crime in Washington, where, according to a preliminary crime comparison from the beginning of the year to the present, made by the Metropolitan Police Department of the US Capital, the total number of crimes is less than last year.

The US president announced, at the conference, that he invokes the Law on the autonomy of the Colombia district to place the Washington Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control, a rare and controversial measure.

Trump also said he would mobilize the troops of the National Guard in Washington, DC, to “restore the law, public order and safety”, declaring that they will be allowed to do their job properly.

“I mobilize the National Guard to help restore the law, order and public safety in Washington, DC, and this will be allowed to do its job properly,” Trump said in front of reporters at the White House, surrounded by administration officials, including the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, and the General Prosecutor. “Our capital has been conquered by violent gangs and blood -thirsty criminals,” said the Republican President.

“They like to spit the police in front, while they are sitting there. In their uniform. She screamed in front of them, from a centimeter away, then begin to spit them,” Trump added, stating that they declare “public safety” in Washington. Dc.

JD Vance's announcement on the possible Trump-Putin-Zenski meeting

The United States works to “schedule” a meeting between President Donald Trump and his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Volodimir Zelenski, said US vice-president JD Vance, while Ukraine's European allies are pressuring Zelenski at the American-Rus summit in August 15 Agerpres.

“One of the most important blockages is that Vladimir Putin said he will never sit down with (Volodimir) Zelenski, the Ukrainian leader, and President Trump managed to change this,” Vance said in an interview to the US television station Fox News, broadcast on Sunday.

However, he added, the American administration is working on “scheduling these three leaders to be able to settle and discuss the termination of this conflict” in Ukraine.

The leaders of the European Union insisted that Kiev will be present at the discussions in Alaska.

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, who in principle will not participate in the summit of August 15, asked the European allies, especially France, Germany and the United Kingdom, to structure a common approach. An “extraordinary meeting”, through video conferencing, will take place on Monday between the Foreign Ministers in the EU and their Ukrainian counterpart.

The American ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, let it be understood that the Ukrainian president could attend the Alaska summit. “Yes, I think it is undoubtedly possible,” he answered a question addressed by the American television station CNN on a possible presence of the head of the Ukrainian state in Alaska.

However, the final decision will return to President Donald Trump, warned the American diplomat. “If he estimates that Zelenski's invitation is the best scenario, then he will. But no decision has been made for now,” the former federal prosecutor stressed.