Trump Admits Putin Ceasefire Meeting Was a Diplomatic Dud

President Donald Trump appeared to admit that his big summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the country’s war in Ukraine was a flop after he failed to secure a ceasefire—or much of anything but presidential pleasantries.

Trump sat down for an Oval Office interview with reporter Reagan Reese of the conservative-slanted Daily Caller Friday. Addressing the challenges he has had brokering peace between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump prefaced that he “inherited this war.”

President Donald Trump (right) reaches to shake hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. / Andrew Harnik / Getty Images

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