Trump wants to meet with Xi Jinping and Putin
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US President Donald Trump wants to meet with Russia and China to discuss reducing defense spending. The meeting could take place after the wars in Ukraine and Gaza are settled down, AP reports.
"When we straighten it all out, one of the first meetings I want to have is with President Xi of China, President Putin of Russia. And I want to say, let’s cut our military budget in half,” Trump said.
According to Trump, he also aims to restart denuclearization talks with both countries.
Such a move, the outlet notes, would contradict decades of traditional Republican positioning on national defense.
Trump's statements about the war in Ukraine and Gaza
Earlier, Trump said he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. This thesis was later revised. Later, the Trump administration's statements on the war in Ukraine became less optimistic.
In early February, US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, said that the war in Ukraine could be ended in months, not years.
As for the Gaza Strip, Trump proposes to temporarily resettle Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan.
