The July 16 TASS article, “Source Says Trump Will Be Able To Start Dialogue with Putin on Ukraine without Intermediaries,” reports that a “high-ranking Republican” conveyed to TASS that former President Trump is prepared for direct discussion with Russian President Valdimir Putin to resolve the Ukraine conflict.
TASS writes: “‘U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump will be ready to enter into dialogue with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on resolving the conflict in Ukraine without any intermediaries.’ This was reported to a TASS correspondent by a high-ranking Republican Party functionary taking part in the party’s national convention in Milwaukee.”
In response to a question about Trump’s readiness to enter into a dialogue with Putin, the Republican Party functionary said: “‘He will certainly start a dialogue with Putin. And he will do it without intermediaries…. Right now, the Democrats are not conducting any negotiations. Of course, there must be someone who will start negotiations so that you [Russia and Ukraine] can come to some kind of agreement,’ the agency’s interlocutor emphasized, and answered affirmatively to the question of whether this person would be Trump.”
