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President Donald Trump was harassed after his high-dot summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, but in a special interview, Fox News’s Scene Hanity was provided some significant insight into the meeting.
Here is the major takeaairs from Trump’s high anticipated meeting with the Russian leader, as shared with Hannie.
1. ‘There is no deal until there is a deal’
Trump told Hannie that “as far as I am concerned, there is no deal.” However, he said that “we made a lot of progress.”
2. Putin ‘wants to do this’
The President noted Hannity that he believes that Putin is not only open for peace, but that he “wants to do it.”
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President Donald Trump joined hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Termac on August 15, 2025 after arriving at Joint Base ElMendorf-Richardson at Aankorez, Alaska. (Through Andrew Cablero-Renolds/AFP Getty Image)
3. What was sticking point, not ready to share
Hanti is suppressed by Hannie that Trump refused to share “a big issue on which you don’t agree”, who stopped the leaders from going away with the ceasefire deal. He said, “No, not me but not. I think someone is being known publicly with it, they will find out it, but no, I do not want to do it, I want to see if we can get it.”
4. For Zelansky and Europe
After taking such a big step to meet the Russian President physically, Trump said that it is now ” [Ukrainian] chairman [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy to complete it and perhaps European countries, they have to join them a little bit. ,
5. Trump opened for trilateral meeting
The President said that he would be open to attend a tripartite meeting with the Presidents of Ukraine and Russia, he said, “If he wants, I will be in that meeting. They are going to set up a meeting between President Zelansky and President Putin and themselves, I think I want to live there, but I want to get it.”
He said, “I will be there.”
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President Donald Trump meets Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Friday, August 15, 2025 at Joint Aadhaar ElMendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Damri Nikhinson)
6. Meet a ’10’
Trump said that he would rate a meeting of 10 out of 10, saying, “I think the meeting was 10 in the sense that we got great.”
7. Russia now respects America
Asked what he thought that Putin was finally brought to the conversation table, Trump replied, “I don’t want to say anything, he is a very smart boy, nothing brought him to the table, so to speak.”
“I think he now respects our country, he does not respect it under Biden, I can tell you that, he had no respect for it.”
8. No war if Trump was in office
Trump also commented that he was “very happy” that Putin shared his belief during his joint press conference that the Russia-Ukraine war would never have happened that he was in the office at that time.
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Putin and Trump are found on Termac at Elmandorf Air Force Base in Alaska. (Reuters/Kevin Lamark)
9. Advice to Zelanceci
Without any hesitation, Trump said that after a meeting with Putin on Friday, Zelancesi’s advice to his advice “make a deal.”
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10. Rigged in 2020 elections
Trump shared that Putin told him that he believes that the 2020 election is due to extensive mail-in voting, saying, “You cannot have a great democracy with mail-in voting.”
