The White House responded to requests for information about Trump’s upcoming summit with Putin in Budapest in a typical fashion—a string of childish insults. Trump announced plans to meet with Putin over the next few weeks,

U.S. President Donald Trump was speaking on a call with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday, a day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's planned White House visit to seek more support in the war with Russia.

Doubts arose over whether Ukraine would be supplied with advanced U.S. Tomahawk missiles ahead of a Zelensky-Trump meeting taking place in the White House.

President Donald Trump had indicated a reluctance ahead of the meeting to approve sending Ukraine Tomahawk missiles.

U.S. President Donald Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to accept Russia's terms for ending the war between Russia and Ukraine in a White House meeting on Friday, warning that President Vladimir Putin threatened to "destroy" Ukraine if it didn't comply,