Medvedev says European leaders ‘did not outplay’ Trump on Ukraine

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Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev taunted European leaders early Tuesday, accusing them of failing "to outplay" U.S. President Donald Trump throughout their assembly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the White Home.

"The anti-Russian warmongering Coalition of the Prepared did not outplay @POTUS on his turf," Medvedev wrote on X, in English.

The " Coalition of the Willing " refers to a gaggle of European leaders who fashioned a pact to help a peace deal in Ukraine. These leaders at Monday’s assembly included French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte and European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen had been additionally in attendance.

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Russia's Safety Council's Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev attends a gathering of the Council for Science and Schooling on the Joint Institute for Nuclear Analysis within the Moscow area's metropolis of Dubna, Russia June 13, 2024. (Sputnik/Alexei Maishev/Pool by way of REUTERS)

Medvedev alleged that these leaders supposedly "thanked" and "sucked up" to President Trump .

The questioning remaining now, Medvedev stated, was "which tune" Zelenskyy – whom he mockingly known as "the Kiev clown" – "will play about ensures and territories again house, as soon as he’s placed on his inexperienced army uniform once more."

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 18: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a gathering with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders, together with French President Emmanuel Macron (L) on the White Home on August 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Win McNamee/Getty Pictures)

Monday’s assembly got here after Trump’s historic summit with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska final Friday. After the White Home assembly, Trump stated he had spoken with Putin to start coordinating subsequent steps within the peace course of geared toward ending the years-long warfare in Ukraine.

Writing on his Fact Social platform, Trump stated he had known as his Russian counterpart to start "the preparations for a gathering" with Zelenskyy. That will then be adopted by a trilateral assembly between the 2 warring presidents and america.

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The Republican president additionally affirmed that the U.S. would again European safety ensures geared toward stopping Moscow from reinvading Ukraine as soon as the warfare ends.

President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace on the White Home, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Picture/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump was caught on a sizzling mic earlier within the day telling Macron that Putin wished to discover a decision to deliver an finish to the warfare, although a Russian official later tempered these remarks.

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Russian state media, citing Putin’s overseas affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov, stated Putin had spoken "in favor" of continuous direct talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations.