Karoline Leavitt Asked If Trump Would Meet With Putin And Zelensky Directly To Negotiate Peace Deal

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Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Monday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked if President Trump would be willing to directly meet with Putin and Zelensky to negotiate a ceasefire.

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00:00...violence in our country.

00:01Caroline, last week you told me that Donald Trump was waiting until the talks between Russia and Ukraine today

00:07in order to make a judgment on whether or not Vladimir Putin wanted peace.

00:11Those talks have happened. Where does he stand? And is he willing to impose additional sanctions?

00:16I'll let the president speak about himself.

00:17All right, Caroline. Today, the Russian and Ukrainian delegation is made in Istanbul.

00:22But the Turkish president is suggesting that it's high time that leaders,

00:27President Erdogan, President Trump, President Zelensky, meet in Istanbul.

00:31Is that something that President Trump would support and would be partaking?

00:36Well, the president has said he's open to it if it comes to that.

00:39But he wants both of these leaders and both sides to sit down at the table together.

00:44And we saw them do that at the urging of President Trump today.

00:47But as for how the president feels about those talks and what took place there, I'll let him speak up.

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