Once—it sounds a little strange but I was explaining to the president, President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity, and other things at very low prices. Don’t forget, we went through the Russia Russia Russia hoax together. They have great land, great minerals and other things, and we have things that they want very badly, but the Russia Russia Russia hoax, which was a terrible made-up fictional thing by crooked Hillary and by Adam Shifty Schiff and bad people, sick people. Trump told reporters he had had another “very good talk” with Putin this morning, after his Sunday meeting with Zelensky. Whether because of Trump’s or Putin’s weakening position—or both—both Trump and Putin appear to be eager to close the deal.

Source: CNN December 30, 2025 06:28 UTC