Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the board of trustees of the "Talent and Success" foundation at the Sirius Federal Territory, in the Krasnodar Region, Russia, on May 19.EPA/YONHAP
Moscow is ready to work toward ending the fighting in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday following a two-hour phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Putin said that Russia and Ukraine would need to find compromises to suit all parties.
Trump has struggled to end a war that began with Russia’s invasion in February 2022, and that makes these conversations a serious test of his reputation as a dealmaker after having claimed he would quickly settle the conflict once he was back in the White House, if not even before he took office.
Trump is hosting a dinner at the White House for the members of the performing arts center’s new board of directors.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing ceremony of the Take It Down Act at the White House in Washington on May 19.XINHUA/YONHAP
Trump fired most of the previous board, appointed allies to replace them and had himself voted in as chairman.
He says the Kennedy Center has spent a lot of money and he doesn’t know what it was spent on, but said he’ll take “this revered institution” to “new heights.”
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