‘We’re Setting It Up’: President Trump Confirms Plans To Meet With Vladimir Putin

There’s been a lot of speculation since President Donald Trump’s massive victory in November regarding how he will handle the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

This week, he said during an event at his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida that he is in talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to discuss issues that impact their respective nations.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇷🇺 US President Trump says he is setting up a meeting with Russian President Putin.

"He want's to meet and we're setting it up." pic.twitter.com/cTJLJwAwW8

— BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) January 10, 2025

As The Hill reported:

“He wants to meet. And we’re setting it up,” Trump told Fox News’s Peter Doocy at Mar-a-Lago during a meeting with Republican governors.

Trump noted he’s had “a lot of communication” with Chinese President Xi Jinping and has spoken with numerous other world leaders. But he has yet to speak with Putin.

“But President Putin wants to meet. He’s said that even publicly, and we have to get that war over with. That’s a bloody mess,” Trump said of the war in Ukraine.

Trump’s policy vis-a-vis the Russia-Ukraine situation has sparked significant social media speculation in the days leading up to his return to the White House:

Trump met Zelensky today and the boss in the conversation is clear.

Trump reiterates that the war shouldn't have happened, and vows to end it.

Meanwhile dems are signing bombs and writing cheques.

Not just America needs Trump in November, the world, for the sake of peace. pic.twitter.com/OTXSV39iZU

— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) September 27, 2024

Are you waiting for the meeting of President Putin and President Trump? pic.twitter.com/0uATOcDH6n

— 🇷🇺Russia is not Enemy (@RussiaIsntEnemy) January 10, 2025

If anyone can work things out with Putin so that everyone wins in this situation, it's Trump!

— Brutus (@21Quebec) January 10, 2025

Even Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy seems to have far more confidence in Trump’s ability to restore peace to the region than he has shown during the Biden administration.

As the Associated Press reported last week:

“The ‘hot’ stage of the war can end quite quickly, if Trump is strong in his position,” Zelenskyy said in a Ukrainian television interview late Thursday, referring to fighting on the battlefield.

“I believe (Trump) is strong and unpredictable. I would very much like President Trump’s unpredictability to be directed primarily toward the Russian Federation,” Zelenskyy said.

Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, hasn’t publicly fleshed out his policy on Ukraine, but his previous comments have put a question mark over whether the United States will continue to be Ukraine’s biggest — and most important — military backer.

Here’s a clip of Zelenskyy’s recent remarks:

Zelensky claims peace is now a real possibility thanks to Trump… but wait, wasn’t Trump supposed to start World War 3? 🤔pic.twitter.com/bD16gtKtUA

— Sir Doge of the Coin ⚔️ (@dogeofficialceo) January 5, 2025