According to the head of the White House, the press is “very unfair” in the assessments of the future summit. Journalists quote the forecasts of “dismissed losers”, he complained, referring to his former national security adviser John Bolton.
“Bolton, just said that, despite the fact that the meeting is taking place on the American land,” Putin has already defeated. “What does this mean? We win everything,” Trump wrote.
He stated that “fake news work overtime, without surcharge for processing.”
“If I received Moscow and Leningrad as part of an agreement with the Russian Federation, fake news would say that I made a bad deal! … These are sick and dishonest people who probably hate our country,” he added.
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Trump reported that on August 15 in Alaska in the United States he would meet with Putin, in particular, to discuss the probability of ending the war in Ukraine. According to NBC News, the White House is considered The possibility of inviting the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky to a meeting in Alaska.
The head of the White House repeatedly said that in the agreement on the world in Ukraine there will be exchange of territories. This option was rejected in Ukraine (in particular, Zelensky himself), and European allies of Ukraine.
August 7 The New York Times listed The three goals of Putin, which he probably wants to achieve on the issue of Ukraine: to prevent Ukrainian membership in NATO, limit the military potential of Ukraine and “lay the foundation” for the power more friendly to Moscow in Ukraine. According to the publication, Putin considers the meeting with Trump the opportunity to achieve their goals in Ukraine.
On August 11, Trump said that I do not intend to conclude a peace agreement with Putin.
