Trump 'optimistic' Europe, US can reach agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) - President Donald Trump said Monday that he is optimistic that the US and Europe will be able to reach an agreement to provide Ukraine with security guarantees as part of a potential peace deal to end Russia's war.

"I'm optimistic that collectively, we can reach an agreement that would deter any future aggression against Ukraine, and I actually think there won't be," he said while hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House.

"I think that the European nations are going to take a lot of the burden. We're going to help them, and we're going to make it very secure," he added.

Trump also said the leaders would be discussing territorial swaps between Russia and Ukraine "taking into consideration the current line of contact. That means the war zone."