Another major talking point is on security guarantees. Trump says security guarantees for Ukraine would be "provided" by European countries with "coordination" by the US. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told the BBC that the UK negotiators will shortly be arriving in Washington for further planning on this.

"They are ‘STUPID’ people, with no common sense, intelligence, or understanding," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump's action comes after his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, where the Russian leader told him that mail-in ballots led to his electoral defeat in 2020, Trump said.

President Trump was joined in the Oval Office on Monday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, just days after a face-to-face summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

NBC’s Kristen Welker played a clip on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” of Rubio criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Rubio suggested in the clip that the U.S. should not “cut a deal” with Putin, saying that he was a “liar.”

President Donald Trump said Monday during talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders that a potential ceasefire and who gets Ukrainian territory seized by Russia

Former CIA Director John Brennan raised the possibility in a Saturday interview that Russian President Vladimir Putin could have planted a chip in the presidential limousine when he joined President Trump for a ride to their summit on Friday.

A photo authentically showed Russian President Vladimir Putin holding his nose while riding in presidential state car "The Beast" with U.S. President Donald Trump.