Trump estimates that meeting with Putin has 25% chance of failure

US President Donald Trump has predicted that his meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has a 25% chance of failure.

Source: CNN, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Trump described the upcoming summit with Putin as an attempt to lay the groundwork for a second meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to reach a deal to end the war.

Asked by a journalist whether there was any scenario in which the meeting would be considered a failure, Trump replied: "Yeah, 25%."

"This meeting sets up the second meeting. The second meeting is going to be very, very important, because that’s going to be a meeting where they make a deal," Trump said.

He suggested that during the second meeting there would be "give and take" on borders and territories. According to Trump, Friday's meeting is "like a chess game".

"This meeting sets up the second meeting, but there is a 25% chance that this meeting will not be a successful meeting," he reiterated.

Trump also expressed a readiness to impose additional sanctions on Russia.

"I would, yeah. … If it’s not solved," he said, referring to the war in Ukraine.

Trump also said he believes the Kremlin leader is coming to the Alaska summit with the intention of "making a deal" to end the war in Ukraine.

Background: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday that Trump will call him after meeting with the Kremlin leader.

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