President Donald Trump speaks throughout a Cupboard assembly within the Cupboard Room on the White Home, in Washington, Could 27, 2026.
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U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Center Jap leaders and attend a working session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy throughout the G7 summit in France subsequent week, senior U.S. administration officers mentioned on Saturday.
Trump is scheduled to journey to Evian, France, for the G7 summit early Monday after attending Sunday’s mixed-martial-arts occasion on the White Home. He’ll converse to a lot of European leaders with whom he has squabbled over commerce, tariffs, Ukraine and NATO since his return to the White Home early in 2025.
Trump will take part in a working session on Tuesday with Zelenskyy and G7 leaders. The assembly comes at a time when Russian advances in Ukraine have slowed and Ukraine seeks extra army funding from its allies.
One of many senior U.S. officers, who briefed reporters on situation of anonymity about Trump’s journey, mentioned Russian beneficial properties have “kind of stopped.”
“We wish the warfare to finish as rapidly as potential,” the official mentioned.
Trump has had up-and-down relations with Zelenskyy. No bilateral assembly was deliberate with Zelenskyy however the two leaders may meet on the sidelines of the summit, the officers added.
They mentioned Trump would meet individually with the leaders of Egypt, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, France and India.
Trump deliberate to lift problems with shared significance with leaders on the summit, together with financial development and growth, provide chain resilience, unlawful migration and AI, one of many officers mentioned. He additionally deliberate to work on boosting resilience within the provide chain for vital minerals wanted for superior applied sciences.
Trump deliberate to attend a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Palace of Versailles on Wednesday earlier than returning to Washington, the officers mentioned.
