President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about special envoy Steve Witkoff advising Russian officials on how to pitch a Ukraine peace plan, telling reporters aboard Air Force One that the conversations sounded like “standard negotiation.”

In his first direct response to a Bloomberg report that Witkoff privately coached senior Kremlin advisers on appealing to Trump, the president said the dealmaker was doing what was required to move both sides toward agreement.

Why It Matters

Witkoff, an influential Trump associate and property developer whose business career has been built on complex, high-stakes negotiations, has played a central role in shaping the administration’s Ukraine peace proposal.

Reports he discussed draft terms with Kremlin intermediaries before Ukrainian official

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