President Trump is predicted to fulfill with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Saturday amid discussions concerning the Ukraine battle, in response to two sources accustomed to the plans.
Duda, a right-wing populist who has a heat relationship with Mr. Trump, is touring to the U.S. to attend the Conservative Political Motion convention, the place he’s anticipated to fulfill with Mr. Trump on the sidelines. The president can be scheduled to talk on the convention Saturday.
Mr. Trump on Tuesday blamed Ukraine, a longtime ally of Poland, for Russia’s invasion, saying that Ukraine ought to have by no means began the battle, despite the fact that it was Russia that invaded Ukraine in February 2022. On Friday, the president acknowledged in a radio interview that Russia had attacked Ukraine.
“I am not making an attempt to make Putin, like, nicer or higher. I am simply telling you the truth that battle ought to have by no means occurred,” Mr. Trump advised Fox Information’ Brian Kilmeade.
On Friday, the president was requested whether or not the U.S. was near reaching a deal on entry to Ukraine’s uncommon earth minerals in trade for navy help.
“I feel we’re fairly shut,” Mr. Trump mentioned throughout an occasion on the White Home. “Yeah, I feel they need it. They be ok with it, and it is a vital — it is a huge deal, however they need it, and it retains us in that nation. And so they’re very pleased about it, however, it is — we get our a reimbursement.”
The president has framed the concept as a return on the U.S. funding made in backing Ukraine’s defensive efforts — help which has already added as much as over $65 billion.
Poland’s President has urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stay calm and dedicated to working with the Trump administration.
“I belief … good will and honesty from the muse of the U.S. negotiation technique,” Duda mentioned in a publish on X. “I’ve little doubt that President Trump is guided by a deep sense of accountability for international stability and peace.”
The Polish president will come together with his personal agenda, searching for additional reassurances that U.S. troops will stay in Poland, a NATO member. Duda met with particular envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg earlier this week and was advised the U.S. doesn’t intend to scale back the variety of U.S. troops within the area.
Throughout a 2018 go to to the White Home, Duda advised the constructing a everlasting U.S. base in Poland and calling it “Fort Trump.”
