{"id":695,"date":"2025-03-17T09:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/03\/17\/trump-says-he-will-talk-to-putin-on-tuesday-as-he-pushes-for-end-to-ukraine-war-the-associated-press\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:13:13","slug":"trump-says-he-will-talk-to-putin-on-tuesday-as-he-pushes-for-end-to-ukraine-war-the-associated-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/03\/17\/trump-says-he-will-talk-to-putin-on-tuesday-as-he-pushes-for-end-to-ukraine-war-the-associated-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he will talk to Putin on Tuesday as he pushes for end to Ukraine war &#8211; The Associated Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/author\/chris-megerian\"><picture data-crop=\"60x60\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" ><source width=\"60\" height=\"60\" ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Staff headshot of Chris Megerian at the Associated Press bureau in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)\"  width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/4717c73\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1000x1000+0+0\/resize\/60x60!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F89%2Fc3%2F5a67662e40ceb1da4b5ac8b7d6e8%2Fmegerian-chris.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture> <\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>                 <bsp-timestamp data-timestamp=\"1742190996000\" data-recent-thresholdinhours=\"1\">                     <template data-date-tpl>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]<\/template>                     <span data-date>\u00a0<\/span>                 <\/bsp-timestamp>             <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                                                          <bsp-page-actions>                                <\/bsp-page-actions>                               <\/div>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> said he would speak to Russian President <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/vladimir-putin\">Vladimir Putin<\/a><\/span> on Tuesday as he pushes to end the war in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. leader disclosed the upcoming conversation to reporters while flying from Florida to Washington on Air Force One on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will see if we have something to announce maybe by Tuesday. I will be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday,\u201d Trump said. \u201cA lot of work\u2019s been done over the weekend. We want to see if we can bring that war to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Any such conversation could be a pivot point in the conflict and an opportunity for Trump to continue reorienting American foreign policy. European allies are wary of Trump\u2019s affinity for Putin and his hardline stance toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who faced sharp criticism when <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-zelenskyy-oval-office-ukraine-russia-blowup-8aa63e55c859e8fea963911478c376ee\">he visited the Oval Office<\/a><\/span> a little more than two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Although Russia failed in its initial goal to topple Ukraine with its invasion three years ago, it still controls large swaths of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said land and power plants are part of the conversation around bringing the war to a close. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be talking about land. We will be talking about power plants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump described it as \u201cdividing up certain assets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff recently visited Moscow to advance negotiations, and he said earlier Sunday that a call between Trump and Putin <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-putin-call-russia-ukraine-b8d7ab6a2d3764c30cba35384fa5e025\">could come soon.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>During his conversation with reporters on Air Force One, Trump said he was pushing forward with his plans for tariffs on April 2 despite recent disruption in the stock market and <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-economy-consumer-confidence-tariffs-inflation-849d658cbab7992590a5a3bb3449aa52\">nervousness about the economic impact.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cApril 2 is a liberating day for our country,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re getting back some of the wealth that very, very foolish presidents gave away because they had no clue what they were doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has occasionally changed course on some tariff plans, <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tariffs-trump-economy-mexico-canada-bfed103a11a2a71d8353350f94c78814\">such as with Mexico,<\/a><\/span> but he said he had no intention to do so when it comes to reciprocal tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey charge us and we charge them,\u201d he said. \u201cThen in addition to that, on autos, on steel, on aluminum, we\u2019re going to have some additional tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] \u00a0 WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as he pushes to end the war in Ukraine. 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