Trump meets Zelenskyy on Ukrainian security discussions after Putin discussions

President Donald Trump launched the week’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders in the White House – just a few days after Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska – and said he had about two weeks to determine how the United States would continue in the ongoing negotiations.

One main objective of the meetings was to discuss various security measures to prevent Russian assault against Ukraine again, after the Trump administration reported that Putin was on board with the United States and its European allies to provide additional protection to Ukraine, similar to the protections included in the NATO mutual defense clause.

However, Trump said on Tuesday that sending American troops to Ukraine to strengthen security in the region was outside the table.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made gestures while US President Donald Trump reacts at a meeting at the Oval Ovale Blanche office, in the midst of negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine in Washington, August 18, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

The Russians made concessions “almost immediately”, says Trump sent about the Putin summit

Meanwhile, Trump told journalists on Friday that he would have a better idea of ​​knowing if an agreement that puts an end to the conflict is possible and what type of actions that the United States should take forward in the negotiations in the coming weeks.

“We will see what is going on. I think that over the next two weeks, we will find out in what direction it will go,” Trump told journalists on Friday.

“It will be a very important decision,” said Trump. “And it is whether or not they are massive sanctions or massive prices, or both. Or do we do nothing and say:” Is it your fight? “”

Here is what also happened this week:

Trump ends the journey with the police, the National Guard

Trump also joined the troops of the police and the national guard in Washington Thursday evening in the middle of the federal takeover of the city of his administration and efforts to repair crime.

“We had incredible results and results came out and it’s like a different place,” Trump told the police and national guard troops on Thursday. “It’s like a different city.”

Vice-president JD Vance visited the national guard troops on Washington union resort on Wednesday.

Trump joins police and military forces in the streets of Washington

President Donald Trump is expressed with members of the law forces and soldiers of the National Guard, on August 21, 2025, in Washington, DC (Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo)

“We see really substantial effects because these guys break them A–“, said Vance on Wednesday.

“Here in Union Station, you have vagabonds, you have drug addicts, you have the chronic homeless, you have the mental patients who harass, who threatened violence, who attacked families,” said Vance. “And they have done so for too long. It should be a monument to American size.”

Trump initially mobilized 800 troops of the National Guard DC as part of his efforts to reduce crime in Washington on August 11. Since then, the troops of the Ohio National Guard, Virginia-Western, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee have also been exploited to support the efforts of the Trump administration.

FIFA World Cup draw to strike Washington

Trump also unveiled plans with FIFA president Gianni Infantino, at the Oval Office Friday to organize the draw of the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Kennedy Center on December 5. During the event, FIFA will reveal all the teams in 12 different groups.

Trump announces Kennedy as a fifa World Cup drawing place

“On December 5 of this year, the draw for the FIFA 2026 World Cup will take place at Kennedy Center. Some people call it the Trump-Kennedy Center, but we are not yet ready to do so-maybe in about a week,” said Trump.

“But here, in Washington, DC, it is a great honor to bring the world event and this incredible group of people and these incredible athletes – the best athletes in the world – at the cultural center of the capital of our country,” said Trump.