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The whole thing is ridiculous.

We're not going to do that.

There will be some form of security.

I told him that we're going to set up a meeting with President Zelenskyy, and you and he will meet, and then after that meeting, if everything works out OK, I'll meet and we'll wrap it up.

I hope President Putin is going to be good, and if he's not, that's going to be a rough situation.

I don’t think you need a ceasefire. You know, if you look at the six deals that I settled this year, they were all at war. I didn’t do any ceasefires.

I didn’t [call Putin] in front of them. I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin.

You look better than I’ve ever seen you look. But you’ve done a great job and we wanted to have you here.

Democrats are calling me up, and they’re saying, ‘Sir, I want to thank you. My wife and I went out to dinner last night for the first time in four years and Washington, DC, is safe.'

If we can get a ceasefire, great.

I think it’s going to be when, not if.

We’re going to fight crime. That’s a good thing. Already they’re saying, He’s a dictator. The place is going to hell, and we’ve got to stop it. So instead of saying he’s a dictator, they should say we’re going to join him and make…

I don't think you'd need a ceasefire because we're working on a peace deal while they're fighting and we're not talking about a two-year peace and then we end up in this mess again.

President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight.

This is a first for the White House. You can’t say that very often, it’s seen a lot over the years, over the — since 1800, 1799, to be almost exact — but this is the first where we’ve had so many prime ministers, presidents and the heads…

We’ll let you know that maybe later today, we’re meeting with seven great leaders of great countries also, and we’ll be talking about that.

All of us would obviously prefer an immediate cease-fire while we work on a lasting peace, and maybe something like that could happen — but as of this moment, it is not happening.

If you want me there, I’ll be there.

It’s an honor to have you back.

Ultimately, this is a decision that can only be made by President Zelensky and by the people of Ukraine working also together in agreement with President Putin, and I just think that very good things are going to come of it.

We’re going to try and get a three-party meeting, maybe as soon as we can. I have a feeling you and President Putin are going to work something out.

I’m optimistic that collectively we can reach an agreement that would deter any future aggression against Ukraine. And I actually think there won’t be.

In a very significant step, President Putin agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine, and this is one of the key points that we need to consider, and we’re going to be considering that at the table also, like who…

That was not a great day.