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Trump Says Meetings with Putin and Xi Being Arranged to End Ukraine War

Jan 10, 2025, 04:06 AM

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced that meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are being arranged, stating that Putin wants to meet and that preparations are underway. Speaking on Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida before a meeting with Republican governors, Trump said, "He wants to meet, and we're setting it up." Trump emphasized the need to end the war in Ukraine, calling it "a bloody mess," and suggested that more people are dying than is being reported. The meetings aim to address the ongoing conflict and improve U.S.-Russia relations.