Carney: Trump’s ‘Leadership’ Creating Opportunity to End Russia’s War in Ukraine

Carney made the comments a day after U.S. President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

President Donald Trump speaks to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the official welcoming ceremony during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis in Alberta on June 16, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Prime Minister Mark Carney said that U.S. President Donald Trump is creating an “opportunity” to end the war in Ukraine following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Carney made the comments in a statement released on Aug. 16, a day after Trump met with Putin in Anchorage.