08/13/2025

Trump Issues Stark Warning to Russia Ahead of Putin Summit

He threatens ‘severe consequences’ If Putin fails to stop the war

President Donald Trump warned that "severe consequences" lie ahead for Russia if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't agree to stop the Ukraine war after they meet for a high-stakes summit in Alaska on Friday.

Responding to a question from a reporter after announcing this year’s recipients for the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., Trump said "there will be very severe consequences" and that "he doesn't have to" specify what, should Russia not move toward a cease-fire.

Trump was then asked if he believes he can "convince" Putin to "stop targeting civilians in Ukraine," to which he replied: "I've had a lot of good conversations with him [Putin], but then I go home and see that a rocket hit a nursing home [or an apartment building] and people are laying dead in the street, so I guess the answer to that is 'no.'"

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