Confirmation from Donald Trump For his meeting with his Volodimir Zelenski. The two leaders are expected to meet the White House next Friday (17.10.2025), putting the war in Ukraine once again.
The moment when Donald Trump returned to Washington from the Middle East where he was found for the deal between Hamas and Israel, He spoke to reporters in answering “I believe, yes” to the question whether he will be with Volodimir Zelenski on Friday.
Volodimir Zelenski had already announced that he was going to go to Washington this week.
Speaking to reporters again, Donald Trump also referred to Recep Tayyip Erdogan but also the role it can have in the end of the war in Ukraine.
“It could play a key role in trying to end the war between Russia and Ukraine,” he commented.
TRUMP: ERDOGAN’S TOUGH, PUTIN RESPECTS HIM, AND I GET IT
Reporter:
“ Particularly Erdogan, could they also help in the war between Russia and Ukraine?”
Trump:
“Yeah, Erdogan can.
He’s respected by Russia.
Ukraine, I can’t tell you about, but he is respected by… https://t.co/UDPHgeHBcK pic.twitter.com/1I6K2Sx5gl
— The Naval Naval (Meral) October 14, 2025
“Russia respects him. For Ukraine I can’t tell you but Putin respects him and is my friend. You see them better with the hard not with the weak, “he added.