‘There’s no deal until there’s a deal’
President Donald Trump: “There’s no deal until there’s a deal. I will call up NATO in a little while. I will call up the various people that I think are appropriate, and I’ll, of course, call up President Zelensky and tell him about today’s meeting. It’s ultimately up to them.”
Oliver O’Connell16 August 2025 00:30
Rest of world ‘none the wiser’ after Trump and Putin’s press conference
Trump is now going to call NATO and Zelensky to update them on the outcome of the summit, but the rest of the world is none the wiser after there were no questions at all at the press conference in Anchorage.
Both Trump and Putin looked serious. Trump was outright glum — this was not the moment when his hopes for a Nobel Peace Prize crystallised. It was the moment when an end to the blood letting looked further than ever in spite of his claim that their talks would stop the killing of thousands. The “how” was not revealed.
Sam Kiley, World Affairs Editor, The Independent
Oliver O’Connell16 August 2025 00:22
Putin suggests they meet again in Moscow
President Vladimir Putin closed out the press conference by suggesting that they meet again soon, “next time in Moscow.”
President Donald Trump replied: “Oooh. That’s an interesting one. I’ll get a little heat on that one, but I could see it possibly happening.”
The two leaders then left without taking questions.
Oliver O’Connell16 August 2025 00:17
Watch: Trump says ‘many points agreed to’ but ‘we didn’t get there’
Oliver O’Connell16 August 2025 00:09
“I’m going to start making a few phone calls and tell them what happened. But we had an extremely productive meeting, and many points were agreed to. There are just a very few that are left some are not that significant one is probably the most significant, but we have a very good chance of getting there, we didn’t get there but we have a very good chance of getting there.”
Oliver O’Connell16 August 2025 00:07
Trump now speaking at press conference, says headway made, but ‘no deal’
President Donald Trump is now speaking. Here are excerpts of his comments:
“Thank you very much, Mr. President, that was very profound. And I will say that I believe we had a very productive meeting. There were many, many points that we agreed on. Most of them, I would say, a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite got there, but we’ve made some headway. So there’s no deal until there’s a deal.”
Oliver O’Connell16 August 2025 00:05
Watch: Putin says he and Trump have an agreement
Oliver O’Connell16 August 2025 00:03
“And I agree with President Trump, as he has said today, that naturally, the security of Ukraine should be ensured as well. Naturally we are prepared to work on that, I would like to hope that the agreement that we’ve reached together will help us bring closer that goal and will pave the path towards peace in Ukraine. We expect that Kyiv and European capitals will perceive that constructively and that they won’t throw a wrench in the works.”
Oliver O’Connell16 August 2025 00:02
“We see the strive of the administration and President Trump personally to help facilitate the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict, and his strive to get to the crux of the matter to understand this history is precious.”
Oliver O’Connell16 August 2025 00:01
Watch: Putin highlights common history between U.S. and Russia
Oliver O’Connell16 August 2025 00:00
