Trump holds one-on-one meeting with Zelensky

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President Trump said he’d have a one-on-one meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later on Tuesday.

The two leaders were not scheduled for a solo meeting although French President Emmanuel Macron told Zelensky he would try to arrange one. That appears to be successful.

Donald Trump standing in front of a G7 sign.
President Trump said he’d have a one-on-one meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later on Tuesday. Best Image / BACKGRID

“I’m meeting him later on today,” Trump said of the Ukrainian president.

He joined fellow G7 leaders in a group meeting with Zelensky on Tuesday morning. European leaders are pushing for an end to the Ukraine war and want Trump to support a peace deal made on Ukraine’s terms.

Trump appeared to take that angle when he urged Russia to make a peace deal.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and France's President Emmanuel Macron during the G7 summit.
The two leaders were not scheduled for a solo meeting although French President Emmanuel Macron told Zelensky he would try to arrange one. That appears to be successful. AFP via Getty Images

“Russia should make a deal. Russia has lost tremendous amounts of people so has Ukraine,” he said.