{"id":4819,"date":"2025-08-13T21:37:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T21:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-threatens-very-severe-consequences-if-putin-doesnt-agree-to-ceasefire-at-summit\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T21:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T21:37:53","slug":"trump-threatens-very-severe-consequences-if-putin-doesnt-agree-to-ceasefire-at-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/trump-threatens-very-severe-consequences-if-putin-doesnt-agree-to-ceasefire-at-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens ‘very severe consequences’ if Putin doesn’t agree to ceasefire at summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By David Blevins, US correspondent<\/b><\/p>\n

The “if” was doing some heavy lifting.<\/p>\n

President Trump floated the idea of a second meeting, this one between Putin, Zelensky and possibly himself – “if” the Alaska summit goes well.<\/p>\n

Speaking to European leaders earlier, in a virtual call he rated at “10” and “very friendly,” he shared his intention to try to broker a ceasefire on Friday.<\/p>\n

So, the strategy is crystalising – he will press for a trilateral meeting to discuss territory “if” he manages to secure a truce during the bilateral meeting.<\/p>\n

But that begs the obvious question: what if he can’t?<\/p>\n

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The US president is keeping his options open – rating the chance of a second meeting as “very good” but preparing the ground for failure too.<\/p>\n

“There may be no second meeting because if I feel that it is not appropriate to have it because I didn’t get the answers that we have to have, then we’re not going to have a second meeting,” he said.<\/p>\n

Unusually, given how often he talks about his abilities, he conceded that he may not persuade Putin to stop targeting civilians.<\/p>\n

But without elaborating on what any sanctions might be, he warned that Russia would face “very severe consequences” if it doesn’t end the war.<\/p>\n

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Even if he achieves the seemingly impossible – a halt to the fighting – there seems little chance of agreement on any swapping of territory.<\/p>\n

Zelensky has told Trump that Putin “is bluffing” and wants to push forward along the whole front, not return land.<\/p>\n

In the space of a week, Trump has gone from talking about a land-swapping deal, to a “listening exercise” to the potential for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n

His expectations appear changeable, an indication of how fluid back-room negotiations are in the run-up to his first face-to-face with Putin in six years.<\/p>\n

He described Friday’s summit as “setting the table for a second meeting”, but that’s presumptuous when the meal – or deal – isn’t cooked yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump threatens ‘very severe consequences’ if Putin doesn’t agree to ceasefire at summit<\/div>\n

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By David Blevins, US correspondent The “if” was doing some heavy lifting. President Trump floated the idea of a second meeting, this one between Putin, Zelensky and possibly himself – “if” the Alaska summit goes well. Speaking to European leaders earlier, in a virtual call he rated at “10” and “very friendly,” he shared his…<\/p>\n

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