“I WILL BE SPEAKING, BY TELEPHONE, TO PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN OF RUSSIA ON MONDAY, AT 10:00 A.M. THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE ‘BLOODBATH’ THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK,” Trump posted on his Truth Social Saturday.
“HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE DAY, A CEASEFIRE WILL TAKE PLACE, AND THIS VERY VIOLENT WAR, A WAR THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, WILL END,” Trump said. “GOD BLESS US ALL!!!”
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce announced that SecState Marco Rubio “welcomed the prisoner exchange agreement” secured during Thursday’s meeting and “emphasized President Trump’s call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the violence.”
The recent agreement will set in motion a 1,000 to 1,000 prisoner-of-war exchange between the Ukrainian and Russian militaries.
Trump and Rubio have worked long and hard to get this cease-fire and peace deal done. Even Zelenskyy, with all of his theatrics earlier this year at the White House, seems to truly want an end to the war.
The question is, does Putin?
The President also said he is going to discuss trade with Putin, and later reach out to Zelenskyy, as well as NATO leaders.
NATO also wants this conflagration to end, if for no other reason, than to bring peace and stability back to Europe. It has been chaos across the European Union for several years, since it is starting to impact the Union’s treasure with the aid given to Ukraine and no end in sight.
If this doesn’t end soon, Putin just might bluff himself right into severe sanctions. That would be disastrous to Russia’s teetering economy, which could end up collapsing.
This is probably the last, best hope President Trump is offering for Putin to save himself and his country. He is a fool not to take it.
Trump knows it, Putin knows it and the world knows it, too.
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