"We are going to have this soon."
The promise
Trump announced his intention to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, with the Hungarian government indicating it would facilitate Putin’s entry despite the existing ICC warrant. The meeting was described as a potential opportunity to negotiate an end to the Russia–Ukraine war and to explore wider European security and energy arrangements. Reports suggested the initiative overlapped with internal U.S. discussions on supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, raising concerns that the summit could be used as leverage in those talks. Observers noted that Hungary’s close ties to both Washington and Moscow made it a strategically chosen venue, but European Union and NATO officials voiced unease about possible political concessions and the exclusion of Ukraine from direct participation.
