President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a joint press conference at Mar-a-Lago today following their meeting over a proposed peace deal.
.@POTUS welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Mar-a-Lago 🇺🇸🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/aRbMAiKGSF
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 28, 2025
Both men signaled that an agreement to end the war in Ukraine was nearing finalization, but did not announce specifics.
.@POTUS delivers remarks upon meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr @ZelenskyyUa at Mar-a-Lago: "We had a terrific meeting. We discussed a lot of things. As you know, I had an excellent phone call with President Putin... and I do think we're getting a lot closer." pic.twitter.com/tIHjR0wko2
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 28, 2025
“Our meeting was excellent,” Trump said. “We covered, somebody would say 95 percent…I don’t know what percent, but we have made a lot of progress on ending that war, which is really…certainly the most deadly war since World War Two.”
“We discussed a lot of points,” Trump said. “I do think that we’re getting a lot closer. Maybe very close.”
Trump then thanked his son-in-law Jared Kushner, a key figure in the Abraham Accords, U.S. diplomat Steve Witkoff, Sec. Marco Rubio, and Sec. Pete Hegseth for their "unbelievable job” in the negotiations. Zelensky echoed this sentiment.
“I would like to thank President Trump for a great meeting,” Zelensky said. "We had really great discussions on all the topics. We appreciate the progress that was made by American and Ukrainian teams in these recent weeks."
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While exact details are unknown, Zelensky revealed that the peace framework includes a 20-point peace plan, U.S.-Ukraine security guarantees, further U.S.-Europe-Ukraine security guarantees, a prosperity plan, and the timeline for each of the items.
Zelensky then announced that U.S. and Ukrainian diplomats will be gathering “in the coming weeks” to finalize the deal.
“Ukraine is ready for peace,” Zelensky’s statement ended.
Trump indicated that all parties involved are motivated towards finding a path to end the conflict.
“Russian wants [the war] ended, everybody wants it ended, and we want it ended because I don’t want to see so many people dying,” Trump said. ”We’re losing massive numbers of people, the biggest by far since World War Two.”
.@POTUS: "Everybody wants [the war] ended... I want it ended because I don't want to see so many people dying." pic.twitter.com/pQ4q4lPhzy
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 28, 2025
Trump also stated that there were very few issues holding the finalized peace plan from coming together.
“We could be very close,” Trump said. “There are one or two very thorny issues, very tough issues, but I think that we’re doing very well. We’ve made a lot of progress today, but we’ve really made it over the last month. This is not a one day process.”
.@POTUS on Russia-Ukraine peace talks: "We could be very close. There are one or two very thorny issues... but I think we're doing very well. We made a lot of progress today." pic.twitter.com/fci939K17q
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 28, 2025
Trump revealed that territory disputes were the primary cause for the delay in a completed peace deal.
“Some of that land has been taken, and some of that land is maybe up for grabs, but it may be taken over…number of months,” Trump said. “You’re better off making a deal now.”
Q: "What are the thorniest issues still unresolved?"@POTUS: "The land. Some of that land has been taken... You're better off making a deal now." pic.twitter.com/X21Zz3Tt5E
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 28, 2025
President Trump also left the door open on a potential visit to Ukraine if it could bring the war to a close.
“[I] don’t anticipate it,” Trump said. “[I] would like to get the deal done and not necessarily have to go. I’ve offered to speak to [Ukraine’s] parliament if that would help. If it would help save 25,000 lives a month, or whatever it may be, I would certainly be willing to do that.”
.@POTUS on the possibility of traveling to Ukraine: "I'm not sure that it would be really necessary, but if it would help save 25,000 lives a month... I would certainly be willing to do that." pic.twitter.com/Xxc0sEHJnE
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 28, 2025
Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin for over two hours before the meeting with Zelensky.
“We’ve done very well,” Trump said. “We’ve had discussions on just about every subject, and that includes with President Putin.”
Trump and Zelensky jointly held a one-hour-long conversation with a slew of European leaders to discuss the details of the plan further. Some European leaders praised the progress towards peace.
We had a good, one-hour-long call with @POTUS, President @ZelenskyyUa and several European leaders to discuss their meeting today on peace negotiations.
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) December 28, 2025
There was good progress, which we welcomed.
Europe is ready to keep working with Ukraine and our US partners to consolidate…
Negotiations for the peace deal are expected to continue in January.
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