Trump’s hope for quick second summit with Putin may be stalled as pre

Russian President Putin and US President Donald Trump pose for a photo during the welcoming ceremony prior to the meeting on war in Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. Contributor/Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s hopes for a quick meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin may be stalled after sources familiar with the matter told CNN that an expected pre-meeting between the world leaders’ key foreign affairs aides this week had been tabled, at least for now.

Trump said Thursday after a call with Putin that the two “agreed that there will be a meeting of our High Level Advisors, next week.”

“The United States’ initial meetings will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, together with various other people, to be designated,”