Trump Tells Reporter He'll Meet With Russia's Putin 'As Soon As We Can Set It Up'

Speaking to reporters in Abu Dhabi, President Trump discussed impending talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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00:00Can we ask you a quick question on that?

00:01You said that you didn't expect him to go if you didn't go.

00:04The question might be then, when are you going to do it?

00:06Why wait?

00:06I think it's time for us to just do it.

00:10I said, you know, they all said Putin was going, Zelensky was going,

00:15and I said, if I don't go, I guarantee Putin's not going.

00:18And he didn't go.

00:19I understand that, but we're going to get it done.

00:23We've got to get it done.

00:245,000 young people are being killed every single week on average.

00:30And we're going to get it done.

00:31Were you surprised when Zelensky didn't show up either?

00:34Were you surprised when Zelensky didn't show up either?

00:38No, he didn't show up because he heard Putin was a gun.

00:41When do you think you'll meet the president?

00:43As soon as we can set it up.

00:45I would actually leave here and go.

00:48I do want to see my beautiful grandson.

00:52It's his son.

00:53And we'll be doing that.

00:55But I will tell you that the world is a much safer place right now.

01:01And I think in two or three weeks, we can have it be a much, much safer place.

01:05We're going to handle a couple of situations that you have here.

01:08We have some very serious situations.

01:10And we're looking at Gaza.

01:12And we've got to get that taken care of.

01:14A lot of people are starving.

01:16A lot of people are – there's a lot of bad things going on.

01:18Okay, thank you all very much.

01:20Thank you, sir.

01:23Thank you very much.

01:25Thank you, Mr. President.

01:30Thank you, Mr. President.

01:32The press is holding.

01:34I'll do that.

01:35Thank you, sir.

01:36Thank you, sir.

01:37Thank you, sir.

01:38Okay.

01:39I'll see you there.

01:42The press is holding.