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“[paraphrase] We will meet in Budapest within two weeks to end the war.”
Deadline Oct 30, 2025 · 10 months overdue
Six days later, on October 22, 2025, Trump cancelled the summit after Moscow restated maximalist demands that Ukraine cede territory, cut its army and renounce NATO. A preparatory Rubio-Lavrov meeting was postponed indefinitely and the Budapest summit never took place.
“We'll see what happens over the next week or two. And at that point, I'll step in very strongly.”
Deadline Sep 8, 2025 · 1 year overdue
No intervention followed in the stated window. Through September 2025 there were no new US sanctions on Russia tied to the threat, and HuffPost catalogued the run of expired deadlines under the headline that Putin had faced no consequences.
“I think over the next two weeks we're going to find out which way it's going to go.”
Deadline Sep 5, 2025 · 1 year overdue
The deadline passed with no announced determination and no consequence for Moscow. It was at least the fifth two-week Ukraine deadline of 2025. By late September 2025 the Washington Post was counting 21 weeks since Trump first gave Putin two weeks.
“I may have to think about it in two weeks or three weeks or something.”
Deadline Aug 29, 2025 · 1 year overdue
The Anchorage summit produced no ceasefire and no new sanctions after roughly three hours of talks. Nothing followed inside the window Trump named, and Russia escalated strikes on Ukrainian cities through late August 2025.
“[paraphrase] I'm going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number... about 10 or 12 days from today.”
Deadline Aug 8, 2025 · 1 year, 1 month overdue
Trump had given Russia 50 days on July 14, 2025 to reach a deal or face 'severe' secondary tariffs, then shortened it to 10-12 days on July 28. The shortened deadline expired around August 8, 2025 with no comprehensive sanctions regime imposed on Russia itself; instead Trump met Putin in Alaska on August 15, 2025. CNN's analysis at the time noted the new deadline deserved skepticism given the string of expired two-week deadlines before it.
“I'll let you know in about two weeks, within two weeks... We're going to find out whether or not he's tapping us along or not, and if he is we'll respond a little bit differently.”
Deadline Jun 11, 2025 · 1 year, 3 months overdue
This was the third consecutive two-week deadline on Putin in about a month, and became the most-cited example of the pattern. The two weeks expired around June 11, 2025 with no verdict and no new response. Trump instead issued a 50-day ultimatum on July 14, 2025, then shortened it to 10-12 days on July 28. Russia's war continued.
“We'll let you know in about two weeks.”
Deadline May 11, 2025 · 1 year, 4 months overdue
This was the first of at least three consecutive two-week deadlines Trump set in the spring of 2025 on whether Putin was negotiating in good faith. He reset the clock on May 19 and again on May 28 without ever announcing a verdict, then moved to a 50-day ultimatum in July 2025 which he cut to 10-12 days on July 28, 2025.
“You can ask that question in two weeks, and we'll see.”
Deadline May 8, 2025 · 1 year, 4 months overdue
Asked whether US military assistance to Ukraine would continue, Trump deferred by two weeks. No answer came at the two-week mark. He used variations of the same deflection on April 27, May 19 and May 28, 2025.
“If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours.”
Deadline May 11, 2023 · 3 years, 4 months overdue
CNN counted at least 53 occasions on which Trump said he would end the war within 24 hours or before taking office. The war was still going on when he was inaugurated on January 20, 2025, and continued through 2025 and into 2026 despite repeated two-week deadlines, a 50-day ultimatum, the August 2025 Alaska summit and the cancelled Budapest summit. On March 14, 2025 Trump said the 24-hour pledge had been 'a little bit sarcastic.'