Inside President Trump’s meeting with Russian President Putin

President Donald Trump was tight after his summit in high issues with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday, but offered a key overview of the meeting in Sean Hannity in Fox News in an exclusive interview.

Here are the main points to remember from Trump’s eagerly awaited meeting with the Russian leader shared with Hannity.

1. “No deal until there is an agreement”

Trump told Hannity that “as far as I am concerned, there is no agreement before there is an agreement”. However, he noted that “we have made a lot of progress”.

2. Poutine ‘wants to see it made’

The president spoke to Hannity that he thought that Putin is not only open to peace, but that he “wants to see him.”

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President Donald Trump shakes the hand of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Tarmac after their arrival at the Elmendorf-Richardson joint base in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

3. Not ready to share what was the point of snack

Pressed by Hannity to share what the “big problem you will not get along” which prevented the leaders from walking away with a cease-fire contract, Trump refused to share. He said, “No, I prefer not to.

4. Up to Zelenskyy and Europeh

After having taken such an important step to physically meet the Russian president, Trump said that it was now belonging to the president (Ukrainian) (volodymyr) Zelenskyy to do so and perhaps European nations, they must get a little involved. “

5. Trump open to the trilateral meeting

The president said that he would be open to attending a trilateral meeting with the presidents of Ukraine and Russia, saying: “If they wish, I will be at this meeting. They will organize a meeting now between President Zelenskyy and President Putin and myself, I suppose, not that I want to be there, but I want to do it.”

He added: “I will be there.”

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President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday August 15, 2025 at Elmendorf-Richardson Base in Alaska. (AP photo / Julia Demaoree Nikhinson)

6. meet a “10”

Trump said he would assess the meeting of a 10 out of 10, saying: “I think Reunion was a 10 in the sense that we got along very well.”

7. Russia respects America now

When he was asked what he thought finally brought Putin to the negotiating table, Trump replied: “I don’t want to say that anything brought it, he is a very intelligent guy, nothing brought him to the table, so to speak.”

“I think he respects our country now, he did not respect him under Biden, I can tell you that he had no respect for that.”

8. No war if Trump was in office

Trump also commented that he “was so happy” that Putin shared his belief during their joint press conference that the Russian-Ukraine war would never have arrived if he was in office at the time.

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Putin and Trump meet on the Tarmac at the base of the Elmendorf Air Force in Alaska. (Reuters / Kevin Lamarque)

9. Advice in Zelenskyy

Without hesitation, Trump said his advice in Zelenskyy after Friday’s meeting with Putin would be “concluding an agreement”.

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10. 2020 rigged elections

Trump shared that Putin told him that he believed that the 2020 elections had been faked due to the widespread voting, saying: “You cannot have a great democracy with the vote sent by post.”