{"id":2425139,"date":"2025-04-18T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-ukraine-talks-coming-to-a-head-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T14:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:42:58","slug":"trump-says-ukraine-talks-coming-to-a-head-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-ukraine-talks-coming-to-a-head-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Ukraine talks &#8216;coming to a head&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-ukraine-talks-coming-to-a-head-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2425139&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-continues-nuclear-program-aims-to-enrich-uranium-to-20\/\" title=\"Iran continues nuclear program, aims to enrich uranium to 20%\">recent statement<\/a>, President Donald Trump indicated a dual approach toward the ongoing negotiations for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia. While expressing a readiness to walk away from the talks if progress is not made soon, he also highlighted that a deal remains possible if both parties show genuine intentions to resolve the conflict. Trump refuted claims from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that russian President Vladimir Putin was &#8220;playing&#8221; the U.S., asserting that both sides need to demonstrate enthusiasm for ending the war.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s remarks came alongside similar sentiments from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who emphasized the need for legitimate signs of progress within days.Although the president did not commit to leaving the negotiating table, he stressed the urgency of reaching an agreement swiftly to prevent further loss of life due to ongoing violence. Vice President JD vance also echoed optimism regarding the negotiations during his visit to Italy,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">suggesting potential developments<\/a> may soon emerge.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says Ukraine talks &lsquo;coming to a head,&rsquo; denies Putin is &lsquo;playing&rsquo; him<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2098675\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> signaled his willingness to walk away from negotiations over a peace deal between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukraine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia<\/a>, lending weight to earlier suggestions from Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marco Rubio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Trump simultaneously insisted at the White House that a deal could still be reached, provided that both sides are genuinely working toward a solution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3384711\/young-girl-faints-trump-swearing-in-ceremony-dr-oz\/\">Young girl faints at Trump&#8217;s swearing-in ceremony for Dr. Oz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3384453\/trump-no-rush-uk-china-trade-deals-three-four-weeks\/\">Trump in &#8216;no rush&#8217; on UK and China trade but expects deals in &#8216;three or four weeks&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3384467\/trump-calls-van-hollen-fool-meeting-kilmar-abrego-garcia\/\">Trump calls Van Hollen a &#8216;fool&#8217; for meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The president also remained adamant that Russian President Vladimir Putin was not &ldquo;playing&rdquo; him as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has alleged.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody&rsquo;s playing anybody. We are going to see if we can get it done,&rdquo; Trump said Friday afternoon after swearing in Mehmet Oz as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. &ldquo;I think we have a really good chance of getting it done, and it&rsquo;s coming to a head right now.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3384321\/vance-optimistic-ukraine-war-ending-rubio-warns-us-move-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rubio warned<\/a> that the U.S. might &ldquo;move on&rdquo; from peace talks if there weren&rsquo;t legitimate signs of progress in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end,&rdquo; Rubio told reporters after meeting with Ukrainian and European officials in Paris, France. &ldquo;So we need to determine very quickly now, and I&rsquo;m talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump affirmed Rubio&rsquo;s stance but stopped short of saying he would walk away from negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No specific number of days, but quickly we want to get it done,&rdquo; Trump said when asked how many days he would allow for negotiation. &ldquo;Now if for some reason one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we&rsquo;re just going to say you&rsquo;re foolish, you&rsquo;re fools, you&rsquo;re horrible people. And we&rsquo;re going to just take a pass. But hopefully, we won&rsquo;t have to do that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A lot of people are being killed &hellip; as they play games. So we&rsquo;re not going to, we&rsquo;re not going to take that,&rdquo; Trump also said. &ldquo;I think we have a good chance of solving the problem.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>When pressed again, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-says-he-plans-to-run-for-re-election-in-2024\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Says He Plans To Run For Re-Election In 2024\">president declined<\/a> to say he would walk away from the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I don&rsquo;t want to say that, but we want to see it end,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump added that he hoped Putin was not stalling the conversations for a peace deal, and again indicated that progress could still be made.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My whole life has been one big negotiation, and I know when people are playing us, and I know when they&rsquo;re not,&rdquo; said Trump. &ldquo;And I have to see an enthusiasm to want to end it. And I think I see that enthusiasm. I think I see it from both sides.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Friday, Vice President JD Vance also signaled support for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-absolutely-certain-doj-investigation-will-clear-me-of-wrongdoing\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden: \u2018Absolutely Certain\u2019 DOJ Investigation Will Clear Me Of \u2018Wrongdoing\u2019\">potential deal<\/a> while on his trip to Italy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We think we have some interesting things to report on, of course, in private. So the negotiations, I won&rsquo;t prejudge them, but we do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-week-in-campus-insanity-vol-31\/\" title=\"This Week In Campus Insanity Vol. 31\u00a0\">feel&#038;nbsp<\/a>;optimistic&nbsp;that we can hopefully bring this war, this very brutal war, to a close,&rdquo; Vance said as he met with Italian Prime Minister&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/giorgia-meloni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Giorgia Meloni<\/a>&nbsp;on Friday in Rome. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2098675\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2098675\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump indicates Ukraine talks are critical, denies Putin&#8217;s manipulation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2425140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trump-in-the-Oval-Office-speaks-on-Ukraine-Russia-deal.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3745,3634,6991],"class_list":["post-2425139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-talks","tag-trump","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trump-in-the-Oval-Office-speaks-on-Ukraine-Russia-deal.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425143,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425139\/revisions\/2425143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2425140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}