'If we're smart,' he said, in the Oval Office with French President Macron.
President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 24, 2025, in Washington.
President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office he believed the war in Ukraine could end "soon." Monday marks three years since Russia's invasion began."I think we could end it within weeks. If we're smart," Trump said. "If we're not smart, it'll keep going and we'll keep losing." "We're trying to do some economic development deals. They have a lot of things that we want, and we'll see. I mean, I don't know if that will come to fruition, but we'd love to be able to do that if we could," Trump said.
"And they don't mean that in any way combative with Elon. They're just saying there are some people that you don't want to really have them tell you what they're working on," Trump argued.Trump says he will also meet with Putin, declines to call Russian leader a 'dictator'
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