Karoline Leavitt Questioned By Reporter About Trump's Upcoming Call With Russia's Putin

At her press briefing, Karoline Leavitt was questioned about President Trump's upcoming call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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00:00as well. Rachel. Thanks so much, Caroline. The president set a two-week deadline for Ukraine

00:05and Russia to negotiate a deal. That time is now up. Does the president intend to set a new

00:09deadline on this call with President Putin? And how much longer is he willing to give these talks?

00:14Yeah, I don't want to get ahead of the specifics of the conversation the president will be having

00:18with President Putin in less than an hour this morning. But he has made clear throughout the

00:22entirety of this conflict, since he inherited it from Joe Biden, don't forget, this is a war

00:27that began because of the previous administration's incompetence and weakness. And President Trump

00:31is working very hard to fix it. He has made it clear to both sides that he wants to see

00:35a peaceful resolution and a ceasefire as soon as possible. But as for specifics on a timeline,

00:41I won't get ahead of the president. And just on the goals for this call in particular,

00:45is the goal to get Putin to agree to a ceasefire? Is the goal to lead to some sort of in-person

00:50negotiations with Putin and the president? Well, I think, again, we'll see how the call

00:55goes and the president has made it clear. His goal is to see a ceasefire and to see this conflict

00:59come to an end. And he's grown weary and frustrated with both sides of the conflict.

01:03The president and his team have put an enormous amount of effort in solving this very complicated

01:08war that, again, began because of the last administration's weakness. Steve.

01:12Does he still want to meet Putin personally?

01:14I think the president would certainly be open to that. But let's see how this call goes today.

01:18What's the status of the secondary sanction package? The president's been talking about that.

01:22You haven't imposed them yet, but is that still on the table?

01:25Ms. I think everything's on the table, yes. And again, I won't get ahead of the president

01:29in any commitments or decisions. But certainly it's something he's been looking at and discussing.

01:33Elaine.