{"id":2614558,"date":"2026-06-16T08:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-had-a-very-good-meeting-with-zelensky\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:54:23","slug":"trump-says-he-had-a-very-good-meeting-with-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-had-a-very-good-meeting-with-zelensky\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he had a &#8216;very good meeting&#8217; with Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-he-had-a-very-good-meeting-with-zelensky%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=2614558&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>President Donald Trump described his private meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit as a &#8220;very good meeting&#8221; and noted that he would meet with Zelensky again later the same day. Even though Trump was expected to have a private discussion with Zelensky during a working session, no bilateral meeting was scheduled.Zelensky shared photos of himself and Trump on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media<\/a>,emphasizing the importance of coordinating their positions. During the summit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-vows-to-campaign-against-ga-gov-secy-of-state\/\" title=\"President ... vows to campaign against Ga. Gov., Secy. of State\">trump called<\/a> for an end to Russia\u2019s ongoing war with Ukraine, urging Russia to make a deal and criticizing the loss of soldiers, comparing the conflict to World War II. Trump also mentioned speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday. The G7 focused on military support for Ukraine and exploring peace negotiations. Trump indicated that he would prioritize efforts to end the Russia-ukraine war, especially after signing a peace deal with Iran aimed at resolving conflicts in the Middle East. He expressed optimism about the possibility of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, stating both leaders might be open to discussions.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> touted the private meeting he had with Ukrainian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"891\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> and French President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/emmanuel-macron\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1303\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a> at the Group of Seven summit on Tuesday as a \u201cvery good meeting\u201d and said he would meet with Zelensky again the same day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump was expected to meet with Zelensky during a working session with G7 leaders, but they did not have a private conversation already scheduled before the president arrived in Evian, France, this week, where the summit is being held. Zelensky and Trump also do not have a bilateral meeting scheduled during the G7.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4609611\/hunter-biden-public-image-viral-media-campaign\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Hunter Biden nurses his public image with viral media campaign<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4609971\/mike-pence-done-running-for-president\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mike Pence is done running for president \u2014 but he\u2019s not done fighting for the soul of the GOP<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4607654\/trump-emmanuel-macron-g7-foreign-policy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump and Macron play nice at G7 summit opening<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump called for an end to the over-four-year war between Russia and Ukraine while in Evian and claimed to have spoken to Russian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"79\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> on Sunday. \u201cRussia should make a deal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey just keep going, fighting, losing soldiers,\u201d Trump also said of the war. \u201cThey lose so many soldiers. This is \u2014 not since World War II is anything like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4607654\/trump-emmanuel-macron-g7-foreign-policy\/\">TRUMP AND MACRON PLAY NICE AT G7 SUMMIT OPENING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelensky confirmed the meeting by posting photos of himself and Trump on X, with the caption, \u201cIt is always important to coordinate positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">It is always important to coordinate positions.<br \/>____<\/p>\n<p>\u0417\u0430\u0432\u0436\u0434\u0438 \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043b\u0438\u0432\u043e \u043a\u043e\u043e\u0440\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0438\u0446\u0456\u0457.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pkaU9WTx8e\">pic.twitter.com\/pkaU9WTx8e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2066831913797447944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday\u2019s working session at the G7 titled \u201cPeacebuilding and security for Ukraine and Europe\u201d focused on military support for Ukraine and options to negotiate a peace deal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a bilateral meeting with Macron on Monday, Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4609237\/trump-focus-ending-russia-ukraine-war-peace-iran\/\">signaled that he would focus<\/a> more of his efforts on the Russia-Ukraine war after signing a memorandum of understanding with Iran on Friday that will help end the war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4609237\/trump-focus-ending-russia-ukraine-war-peace-iran\/\">TRUMP PLANS TO \u2018FOCUS\u2019 ON ENDING RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR FOLLOWING PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-macron-play-nice-at-g7-despite-tension\/\" title=\"... and ... at ... despite tension\">good conversation yesterday<\/a> with President Zelensky and President Putin, and I see maybe we can do something \u2014 I really do,\u201d Trump told reporters. \u201cI think they\u2019re both open to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow that this [Iran campaign] is finished, we\u2019re going to be focusing on that \u2014 see if we can get that one done,\u201d Trump added. \u201cTwenty-five thousand people a month are dying, mostly soldiers, and that shouldn\u2019t happen. I had two very <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >good conversations yesterday<\/a>. We\u2019ll be talking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump called G7 meeting with Zelensky and Macron a \u201cvery good\u201d session<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2614559,"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\/2026\/06\/AP26167287463637.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3817,4470,5894,3634,8630],"class_list":["post-2614558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomacy","tag-meeting","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26167287463637.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614558","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=2614558"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614562,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614558\/revisions\/2614562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2614559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2614558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2614558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2614558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}