US President Donald Trump has said he will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, as he pushes to end the war in Ukraine.
On Sunday, Mr Trump revealed plans for the upcoming conversation to reporters while flying from Florida to Washington on Air Force One.
He said: “We will see if we have something to announce, maybe by Tuesday. I will be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday.
“A lot of work’s been done over the weekend. We want to see if we can bring that war to an end.”
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018. Pic: AP
President Trump on Friday. Pic: AP
European allies are wary of the US president’s affinity for Mr Putin and his hardline stance towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who ended up in a public row with Mr Trump and his vice president JD Vance when he visited the Oval Office last month.
Mr Trump said land and power plants are part of the conversation around bringing the war to a close.
He described it as “dividing up certain assets”.
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During his conversation with journalists, the president said he was pushing forward with his plans for import tariffs on 2 April despite recent disruption in the stock market and nervousness about the economic impact.
“April 2 is a liberating day for our country,” he said.
“We’re getting back some of the wealth that very, very foolish presidents gave away because they had no clue what they were doing.”
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Mr Trump has occasionally changed course on some tariff plans, but he said he had no intention to do so when it comes to what he describes as “reciprocal tariffs”.
“They charge us and we charge them,” he said.
“Then in addition to that, on autos, on steel, on aluminium, we’re going to have some additional tariffs.”
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