Trump-Putin Budapest Summit Crumbles

Analysts and diplomats were already skeptical that the meeting would happen.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, at left, sits next to US President Donald Trump, at right. October 21, 2025, 4:02 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

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Less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest in the coming weeks to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine, the summit appears to be off.

Trump announced the Budapest summit on Oct. 16 following a call with Putin, estimating that it would take place “within two weeks or so.” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minis

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