Trump, surprised by an open microphone when Macron whispered that Putin “wants to make an understanding for me”


Donald Trump, in the discussions organized at the White House, Monday, August 18, 2025. Credit: MediaPrch / Backgrid / Backgrid USA / Profimedia
US President Donald Trump organized discussions with the Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski, and then with a series of European leaders, on Monday, at the White House, and before the multilateral dialogue he was surprised by an open microphone when he said that he wants Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach the CNN.
“I think he wants to make an agreement,” Trump whispered to the French president Emmanuel Macron in the east room of the White House. “I think he wants to make an agreement for me, do you understand this? How crazy he calls,” the American leader continued.
Donald Trump was also heard while talking about organizing a trilateral summit with the presidents of Ukraine and Russia, which the American leader also said he believes he would materialize.
“I was just telling the president (Zelenski, no) that we just spoke to President Putin indirect and we will have a telephone call immediately after these meetings today, and maybe we will have, maybe, a trilateral. We finish with this meeting, “said Donald Trump on Monday, in the statements made with the Ukrainian counterpart in the Oval Office.
During the discussions between Trump and European leaders, Macron proposed to be represented in a possible summit between the presidents of the United States, Russia and Ukraine.
“I think, as a continuation, we would probably need a quadrilateral meeting. Because when we talk about security guarantees, we talk about the full security of the European continent,” said the French leader, transmits CNN.




