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“Putin” said in 56 of 163 transcripts, 114 times.
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Sep 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…thought would be an easier one—because of my relationship with President Putin and with Ukraine and everything else, I thought it would be the…
Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…all. No. And I had, actually, a very good meeting with President Putin a couple of weeks ago. We'll see if anything comes out of…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…nightmare. I think that—that date also helped start the war with Putin and Ukraine, because he saw how incompetent our military was under Biden…
Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…if we had a real President, that war would have never happened. Putin actually said—he said, "If Trump were President, it wouldn't have happened…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…thought you'd all like to see it. That's a man named Vladimir Putin, who I believe will be coming, depending on what happens. He may…
…that you might not have had the problem with Russia. I think Putin was sitting there watching these stupid people running our country and said…
Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…it's better this way. Well, we'll see. We're going to see if Putin and Zelenskyy will be working together. You know, that's like oil and…
Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…I'm doing it for that reason. We have a meeting with President Putin tomorrow. I think it's going to be a good meeting, but the…
…meeting that we're having. We're going to have a meeting with President Putin, President Zelenskyy, myself, and maybe we'll bring some of the European leaders…
…very important. We're going to see what happens. And I think President Putin will make peace. I think President Zelenskyy will make peace. We'll see…
Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…We're going to Friday—on Friday to Alaska. We're meeting with President Putin, Russia. "How important it is that the Capital is important?" I said…
…was always going to be I was going to meet with President Putin, and then, after that, I'm going to call the leaders and President…
…it almost immediately. And we'll have a quick second meeting between President Putin and President Zelenskyy and myself, if they'd like to have me there…
Aug 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…we get something done. But I'll be meeting very shortly with President Putin. It would have been sooner, but I guess there's security arrangements that…
…wants to see peace. The European leaders want to see peace. President Putin, I believe, wants to see peace, and Zelenskyy wants to see peace…
…Yes. Well, I do, relating to everybody. I mean, not just President Putin, but also people and leaders that I deal with. Look, I'm dealing…
Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…haven't determined where, but we had some very good talks with President Putin today, and there's a very good chance that we could be ending…
Jul 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…And they're also losing people now in the towns and cities because Putin is hitting them with rockets. No, I think it's disgraceful. Yes, we…
Jul 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…big thing. And we thought we had four deals—Howard, right?— with Putin. Somehow, they end, and we get off the phone, "Oh, that was…
…look at the job we did—I was just thinking, because President Putin said it to me and other leaders said it to me, when…
Jul 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…very hard. And I was very disappointed with my call with President Putin. I was very disappointed. I wouldn't know that. I really wouldn't. I…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Meets with Leaders of DRC and Rwanda 2 times
…some nice statements today. Did you see the statements? Very nice. Vladimir Putin made some very nice statements today. Look, he respects our country again…
…respect it a year ago, I can tell you right now. But Putin respects our country, and President Xi of China respects our country, and…
Jun 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…Russia, and we're going to work—we're working that one. I— President Putin called up, and he said, "I'd love to help you with Iran…
Jun 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…with that. Right? It would have never happened if I was President. Putin would have never done it. And I spoke to him yesterday, and…
Jun 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…barrel. And that caused—and that also kept the war going with Putin, because at $100 a barrel, that was a big moneymaking experience. But…
…then I called somebody else, and I happened to speak to President Putin at the time. Now, in all fairness to him, he lost 51…
…somebody will explain that. But I like Germany and Japan too. But Putin is a little confused by that, you know? He said: "We lost…
Jun 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I was calling people and back and forth with leaders, including President Putin, including French President, including lots of different people. And all of them…
May 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…couple of months ago, but at this point, we're working on President Putin, and we'll see where we are. I think we're doing fine, but…
…deal—— This isn't my war. This is Biden's war, Zelenskyy's war, and Putin's war. This isn't Trump's war. I'm only here for one thing: to…
May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…helped them a lot. And I had this—Russia, I talked to Putin about ending that terrible war that's going on. And he said they're…
May 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…right now. I had a talk yesterday for 2½ hours with President Putin, as you know. I also spoke to all of the European—or…
May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…the day first? My little conversation with a nice gentleman named Vladimir Putin. But we had—actually, we had a good talk, and I think…
…longer. And you know, I was talking to, as I said, President Putin for 2½ hours—that was being very seriously listened to. We don't…
May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…that there's a good chance we can get this done. I believe Putin wants to do it. Now, if I thought Putin didn't want—I…
…is like deals. One big deal. And if I thought that President Putin did not want to get this over with, I wouldn't—I wouldn't…
May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…want to thank everybody. We just spent 2½ hours talking to Vladimir Putin, and I think some progress has been made. It's a terrible situation…
…very dedicated. In fact, if you look at just what I heard, Putin just said, "They respect your wife a lot." I said, "What about…
…don't have the time for that. I have to get back to Putin and people. But thank you very much for being here, all of…
May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…us to just do it. I said—you know, they all said Putin was going, and Zelenskyy was going. And I said, "If I don't…
…to get it done. No, he didn't show up because he heard Putin wasn't going, so—— As soon as we can set it up. I…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the other side—hundreds of people. Just grossly incompetent. It's probably why Putin decided to go into Ukraine, something he never would have done if…
May 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…also, hostages from other parts of the globe. He's met with President Putin, Prime Minister Netanyahu, representatives—Iran and many other places. He is meeting…
May 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…be something will happen. But hopefully, it will. As you know, President Putin just announced a 3-day cease-fire, which doesn't sound like much…
…not—we had a President that, for 3 years, didn't speak to Putin. And it all shouldn't have happened. This is a war that should…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…happened. It was never going to happen. No chance of it happening. Putin and I talked all the time. He knew it wasn't going to…
…had the horror show at Afghanistan, which I think is what gave Putin the resolve to go in and do what he did, because he…
…ran out of there like—like, nobody can believe. And I think Putin saw that and he said: "Wow, this is a great time. I…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to face justice. And it was that gross incompetence that probably led Putin to go in and attack Ukraine, because they were never going to…
Apr 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…It went up to almost $100 a barrel, and at that number, Putin and Russia made a lot of money. So I think one of…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…in the world. I closed it. Russia had it. I closed it. Putin told me, "That's the worst thing. You're supposed to be friendly with…
Mar 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…discussed. Number two, I think it's going to be very—long before Putin, they said, "You're not going into NATO." And it could be—that's…
Mar 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to go to the United Nations. And she would have dealt with Putin and Zelenskyy and everybody else, and she would have been very effective…
Mar 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…very good discussions, as you know, with President Zelenskyy and with President Putin. And President Putin will tell you that without the United States, he…
Mar 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…we appreciate that. And we spoke yesterday with, as you know, President Putin and President Zelenskyy. And we would love to see that come to…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to make a deal with us, I hope. We've spoken with President Putin. We've spoken with a lot of people, and Ukraine is waiting. I'm…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…I think we're doing, now, well with Russia. We're speaking with President Putin. We want to get the war over. Not only have we spent…
…have happened. Would never have happened. I used to speak to President Putin a lot about it. I said: "Don't do it. Don't do it…
…And if you look at Afghanistan, that—that was probably what got Putin started, because when he looked at how horribly—horribly we looked, the…
Mar 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…Now we have to go to Russia and hope President—hopefully, President Putin will agree to that also, and we can get this show on…
…here. They wouldn't have invested 10 cents. Yes. I'll talk to—— ——Vladimir Putin. Yes. I want to get—look, that's the other. It takes two…
Mar 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…the "Russia, Russia, Russia" hoax, I've always had a good relationship with Putin. And you know, he wants to end the war. He wants to…
Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…in Afghanistan. What a horrible day. Such incompetence was shown that when Putin saw what happened, I guess he said, "Wow, maybe this is my…
Mar 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…and I gave them Javelins. So, you know, I like—I really—Putin is the one that will tell you this has not been so…
Feb 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I think it's going to be settled quickly. I spoke with President Putin. I think he wants to settle it and wants to get on…
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…seen before, thousands of people a week. And I've spoken to President Putin, and I think that thing is going to end, but it's got…
…thing to watch. I'm dealing with President Zelenskyy. I'm dealing with President Putin. I'm trying to get the money back that—or secured. Because, you…
Feb 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…right direction with the European Union. Yes, please. I think that President Putin and President Zelenskyy are going to have to get together, because—you…
Feb 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…To end the horrible war in Ukraine, I have spoken with President Putin and President Zelenskyy, and our teams began negotiations this week in Saudi…
…Trump administration. We're going to be able to do it. I think Putin even admitted that. Biden never tried. Europe has failed to bring peace…
…use that power. I will tell you, I was dealing with President Putin very successfully on denuclearization. We were talking about it very seriously, and…
Feb 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…a deal. There was no talk of this during the Trump administration. Putin would have never, ever done it. And by the way, we wouldn't…
…happened—would have never happened. And I used to discuss it with Putin. President Putin and I would talk about Ukraine. It was the apple…
Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 12 times
…and it has to end. We had a good talk with President Putin. I had a good talk with President Zelenskyy—very good talk. And…
…to join NATO. I don't see that happening. And long before President Putin, Russia was very strong on the fact that—I believe that's the…
…mean, what they're doing is—what they did with that—I think Putin looked at that mess, and he said: "Wow, this is a great…
Feb 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…I think we're on the way to getting peace. I think President Putin wants peace, and President Zelenskyy wants peace, and I want peace. I…
…had a very good talk with—people didn't really know what President Putin's thoughts were, but I think I can say with great confidence he…
…have some other meetings. And we'll be—I'll be dealing with President Putin, largely on the phone, and we ultimately expect to meet. In fact…
Feb 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…part of getting the war over with Ukraine. And we appreciate President Putin's—what he—what he did. He was able to pull it off…