Donald Trump

They’re going to set up a meeting now between President Zelensky and President Putin . . . and myself, I guess.

I always had a great relationship with President Putin.

So there's no deal until there's a deal.

Now it is really up to President Zelenskyy to get it done.

We had an extremely productive meeting, and many points were agreed to.

I will call up NATO in a little while, I will call up the various people that I think are appropriate, and I'll of course, call up President Zelenskyy and tell him about today's meeting.

Potentially, millions of people's lives will be saved.

If it all works out, we will then schedule a meeting with President Putin.

It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often times do not hold up.

We had some good meetings over the years, right? Good, productive meetings over the years, and we hope to have that in the future.

I don’t want to call a national emergency, but if I have to, I will.

You can’t have 30 days.

So we’re going to need a crime bill. That we’re going to be putting in, and it’s going to pertain initially to DC.

Well, if it’s a national emergency, we can do it without Congress. But we expect to be before Congress very quickly.

As President of the United States, I’m not going to let this Communist Lunatic destroy New York. Rest assured, I hold all the levers, and have all the cards. I’ll save New York City, and make it ‘Hot’ and ‘Great’ again, just like I did…

That's a great step if they're doing that. Yeah, I think that's going to happen all over the country. We want to stop crime.

Washington, D.C. will be LIBERATED today! Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum will DISAPPEAR. I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN!

I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before.

I really do, I hate them. I cannot stand them because I really believe they hate our country.

[T]he problem with Switzerland is that we have a $40 billion [CHF32.16 billion] deficit. I spoke yesterday to Switzerland, but we have a $40 billion deficit […] That’s a big deficit.

I’m not doing this for my health. I don’t need it. I’d like to focus on our country — but I’m doing this to save a lot of lives.

The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025, in the Great State of Alaska.

I won’t be happy if I walk away without some form of a cease-fire.

I’ve got to let Ukraine make that decision. I think they’ll make a proper decision. But I’m not here to negotiate for Ukraine. I’m here to get them at the table.

I want to see a cease-fire rapidly. I don’t know if it’s going to be today, but I’m not going to be happy if it’s not today.