U.S. President Donald Trump is set to discuss the potential supply of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, though the unexpected announcement of a new U.S.-Russia summit has cast doubt on the plan.

Trump said on Thursday he may meet Russian President Vladimir Putin within the next two weeks in Budapest after a more than two-hour phone conversation about Russia’s war in Ukraine that he said was productive.

“My whole life, I’ve made deals,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I think we’re going to have this one done, hopefully soon.” He said he would brief Zelenskyy on the Russia talks in the Oval Office on Friday.

Trump’s conciliatory tone after the call with Putin raised questions over the near-term likelihood of assistance to

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