Kremlin: Not Received Any 'Signals' About Putin-Trump Meeting

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

So far, we have not received any signals from the Americans. The readiness remains. The same readiness, as we have heard, remains on the American side,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters

We are preparing for a lot of headaches, but one area where I am going to risk being cautiously optimistic on is Ukraine and NATO,

he said

Alexey Naumovpolitical analyst

(Trump) says he wants to speak with the Russian president straight away. The Kremlin says Russia is also ready. When two people really want something, good things happen. We anticipate good things."

Political analyst Alexey Naumov said

There is a new sheriff in town (Trump) but it's not like this sheriff is in his prime."

Military expert Alexey Anpilogov said

Michael McFauldr.

Trump also has to focus not just on what to give to Putin, but what to give to Zelenskyy, including, first and foremost, effective, lasting security guarantees,

said Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia

Yes, he was the author of the legislation to cut off all funding to Ukraine. But I would expect that he will yield to President Trump’s views on all these matters,

Pence said

Greenland and interference in UK politics and the German elections is highly concerning,

said an EU official, who acknowledged

I would be lying if we say we are not nervous

about Trump ... said a European ambassador who was granted anonymity to speak candidly

He gets the stakes with Putin,

said one administration official, granted anonymity to discuss matters candidly

He doesn’t really care about Ukraine—not in the way Biden did, or claimed to. He certainly doesn’t view this war as existential or see it as a broader assault on democracy,

said Rachel Rizzo, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council think tank

Mike Penceformer Vice President

The President Trump that I served alongside wants nothing to do with the perception of weakness. Nothing,

former Vice President Mike Pence told a small group of reporters on Friday

He doesn’t have this extra Russiagate baggage clouding all his messaging and posturing this time around,

said another incoming administration official

When have we ever heard Trump talk about protecting democracy? That’s right, we haven’t. That’s not a lens through which he views this war; it never has been,

she added

If Putin thinks that he can roll the president into a position where President Trump would look like he got rolled by Russia, he’s got another thing coming,

he added