US Meeting With Putin Canceled Amid Stalled Negotiations: Trump

‘Every time I speak with Vladimir, I have good conversations, and then they don’t go anywhere. They just don’t go anywhere,’ the U.S. president said.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 22 that he has, for now, canceled an upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin due to stalled diplomatic negotiations and limited progress.

“We canceled the meeting with President Putin, it just didn’t feel right to me,” Trump said. “It didn’t feel like we were going to get to the place we have to get. So I canceled it, but we'll do it in the future.”