Ledger · Second term · № 264
Putin summit in Budapest 'within two weeks'
Never delivered“[paraphrase] We will meet in Budapest within two weeks to end the war.”
- Promised
- , Announcement after a phone call with Vladimir Putin
- Stated deadline
- “within two weeks” → October 30, 2025
- Overdue by
- 10 months as of September 22, 2026
- Topic
- Ukraine & Russia
- Era
- Second term
What happened
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.