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President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that special envoy Steve Witkoff had a “highly productive meeting” with Russian President Vladimir Putin over a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire.
“Great progress was made!” Trump said on Truth Social. “Afterwards, I updated some of our European Allies. Everyone agrees this War must come to a close, and we will work towards that in the days and weeks to come.”
The president’s post struck a starkly different tone than the language in an executive order the White House released earlier Wednesday which called the Kremlin an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”
Despite Trump’s post touting the meeting’s progress, the administration still plans to impose secondary sanctions on Russia on Friday, Reuters reported, citing a White House official.
“The Russians are eager to continue engaging with the United States. The secondary sanctions are still expected to be implemented on Friday,” the White House official told Reuters.
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