In a Reversal, Trump Will Not Meet With Putin in Coming Weeks
The back-and-forth was the latest example of President Trump teasing a breakthrough, only to be pulled back by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
The White House reversed itself on Tuesday and said that President Trump no longer planned to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in “the immediate future,” after Russian officials made clear they had no intention of making a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
The announcement punctured the rosy picture that Mr. Trump had presented just five days ago, after he spoke on the telephone with Mr. Putin and came away with a plan for a “pretty quick,” in-person meeting in Budapest to discuss ending the war.
The back-and-forth is the latest example of the cycle between the two leaders, in which Mr. Trump teases some kind of diplomatic breakthrough, only to be pulled back by Mr. Putin. Mr. Trump has by turns courted the Russian leader and threatened him — but has never taken action to punish Russia in a meaningful way.
In the process, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine seems to lose any traction that he has built up with the United States.
The White House reversed itself on Tuesday and said that President Trump no longer planned to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in “the immediate future,” after Russian officials made clear they had no intention of making a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
The announcement punctured the rosy picture that Mr. Trump had presented just five days ago, after he spoke on the telephone with Mr. Putin and came away with a plan for a “pretty quick,” in-person meeting in Budapest to discuss ending the war.
The back-and-forth is the latest example of the cycle between the two leaders, in which Mr. Trump teases some kind of diplomatic breakthrough, only to be pulled back by Mr. Putin. Mr. Trump has by turns courted the Russian leader and threatened him — but has never taken action to punish Russia in a meaningful way.
In the process, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine seems to lose any traction that he has built up with the United States.
