President Donald Trump said he would be calling Russian President Vladimir Putin after hosting the president of Ukraine at the White House.

Trump sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Monday before also meeting with other European leaders hastily gathered in Washington.

The president said he wanted to stop the war in Ukraine and noted that he spoke “indirectly” with Putin right before Monday’s D.C. gathering.

“We’re going to have a phone call right after these meetings today,” Trump said of Putin.

The president said there may or may not be a trilateral meeting between Putin, Zelensky, and himself next, depending on what comes out of his meetings with Zelensky and other European leaders.

“He’s expecting my call when we’re finished with this meet

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