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Why did Trump speak with Putin before his Zelenskyy meeting at the White House · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: President Trump will sit down and talk one on one
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  Speaker 1: with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski today at the White House,
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  Speaker 1: just one day after an hour's long phone call with
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  Speaker 1: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mister Trump says he and Putin
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  Speaker 1: agreed to meet in Budapest in the coming weeks to
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  Speaker 1: discuss a way to bring an end to the war
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  Speaker 1: in Ukraine. The President was asked about that phone call
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  Speaker 1: yesterday in the Oval Office, and I thought it was
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  Speaker 1: a very good phone call. I thought very productive. But
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  Speaker 1: I'll be meeting with President Putin and we'll make a
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  Speaker 1: determination to say it within two weeks or so, pretty quick.
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  Speaker 1: And we've got team coverage on this for you this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Raimi and Osensio is in our London bureau. But let's
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  Speaker 1: begin with Natalie Brand live at the White House. Good morning, Natalie,
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  Speaker 1: So help us understand mister Trump's strategy in setting up
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  Speaker 1: a direct meeting with Putin and Hungary before his one
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  Speaker 1: on one time with Zelenski.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Errol.
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  Speaker 3: Well, this seemed to be a calculation by Russian President
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  Speaker 3: Putin to speak to President Trump have his ear before
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  Speaker 3: this key meeting with Ukraine's president Zelenski when you know
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  Speaker 3: Tomahawk long range missiles are expected to be on the agenda.
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  Speaker 3: That's something Russia does not want Ukraine to get. And remember, Eryl,
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  Speaker 3: In recent weeks, we've heard President Trump sharpen his language
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  Speaker 3: against Putin as he's been frustrated with stalled negotiations and
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  Speaker 3: increased attacks on Ukraine. Now, after this phone call yesterday,
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  Speaker 3: we're hearing the President signal that he's hopeful for, you know,
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  Speaker 3: a new round of talk, saying that he hopes to
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  Speaker 3: meet with Putin or is expecting to meet with Putin
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  Speaker 3: maybe as soon as two weeks from now in Hungary,
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  Speaker 3: that his Secretary of State Marco Rubio, will be meeting
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  Speaker 3: with his Russian counterpart sometime very soon, as soon as
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  Speaker 3: next week.
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  Speaker 2: And recall, we had.
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  Speaker 3: Not too long ago, back in August, that big summit
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  Speaker 3: in Alaska between President Trump and Putin, and you know.
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  Speaker 2: Really not much came out of that.
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  Speaker 3: The President, when asked why he thinks why will this
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  Speaker 3: time be different, he believes that meeting set the stage.
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  Speaker 3: We also know that talk at the White House and
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  Speaker 3: the hope of Zelensky is for a direct meeting between
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  Speaker 3: Putin and Zolensky President Trump, saying that because the two
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  Speaker 3: have such a terrible relationship, that may not be possible,
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  Speaker 3: that might be tough, but there would be these separate
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  Speaker 3: but equal talks. One other thing to note, Eryl, is
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  Speaker 3: yesterday over on Capitol Hill, the Senate Majority Leader John
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  Speaker 3: Thune brought up the sanctions bill regarding Russia and said
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  Speaker 3: now might be the time to.
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  Speaker 2: Move it, that he would like to see it move.
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  Speaker 3: And get a vote on the Senate floor. The President,
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  Speaker 3: when asked about that, said he was going to be
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  Speaker 3: speaking to the Republican leaders over on Capitol Hill, that
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  Speaker 3: it would be.
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  Speaker 2: His option and the timing may not be perfect just yet.
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  Speaker 1: Eryl, very interesting, Natalie, thank you more on this. Let's
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  Speaker 1: jump to CBS News Foreign Cars. Mont Ramy and Osensio
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  Speaker 1: in London Bureau. Good morning, Ramy. We heard Natalie then
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  Speaker 1: mentioned long range missiles. What specifically is Ukraine's president asking
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  Speaker 1: for and trying to get out of this visit to Washington.
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  Speaker 4: Right, Eryl, Good morning, and yes, this is US aerial hardware,
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  Speaker 4: not just for defense but also for offense. And this
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  Speaker 4: is expected to include things like short and long range missiles,
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  Speaker 4: potentially fighter jets as well. American detection system so they
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  Speaker 4: can wean themselves off Soviet systems, and then there's discussion
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  Speaker 4: about the production of drones. Now. Vladimerzlenski already met representatives
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  Speaker 4: from Lockheed Martin and Raytheon in the United States to
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  Speaker 4: see him. They're shaking hands, beaming a smile, and his
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  Speaker 4: ex account was pretty busy last night, showing that Lockheed Martin,
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  Speaker 4: for example, makes F sixteen fighter jets, Lockheed and Raytheon
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  Speaker 4: together make the systems, make the parts for Patriot missile
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  Speaker 4: systems to shoot down Russian missiles, and then raithel On specifically,
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  Speaker 4: as Natalie was talking about, makes Tomahawks for those long
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  Speaker 4: range offensive capabilities that really could hit Moscow. At this point,
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  Speaker 4: though it appears Trump is walking back that possibility after
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  Speaker 4: his call with Putin, but Zelensky put out a post
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  Speaker 4: on x specifically about the call, saying that Putin is
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  Speaker 4: no braver than Hamas or any other terrorist. The language
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  Speaker 4: of strength will work against Russia best, and that he
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  Speaker 4: can see that Moscow is rushing to talk about dialogue
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  Speaker 4: when he hears about Tomawks there. At the same time,
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  Speaker 4: Zlensky was in Washington, though Russia kept up its attacks
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  Speaker 4: on Ukraine overnight as Lensky himself said that his hometown.
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  Speaker 2: Of krivy Re was hit.
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  Speaker 4: People we saw shopping in the dark for supplies. Russia's
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  Speaker 4: ramping up of its attacks on Ukraine's energy grid continuing
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  Speaker 4: on here on x Lensky also brought that up, saying,
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  Speaker 4: in fact, not a single night really in recent weeks
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  Speaker 4: has passed without strikes. Most of them are infra structure
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  Speaker 4: against the energy sector. And you know, just yesterday we
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  Speaker 4: were talking about how eight regions across Ukraine were hit
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  Speaker 4: and earlier this week thirty thousand people lost energy. Last
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  Speaker 4: week about a million people lost power. So again, this
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  Speaker 4: is what the fourth winter that we're going into since
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  Speaker 4: Russia invaded Ukraine, that Ukraine is trying to figure out
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  Speaker 4: its energy systems.
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  Speaker 1: It's important reminder that that wool rages on every day.
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  Speaker 1: And just in a last few moments, Raimi, why meet
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  Speaker 1: Putin in Budapest for President Trump?
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  Speaker 4: Sure, first it was Alaska right two weeks two months ago.
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  Speaker 4: Rather now Hungary Victor Orban the Prime minister, basically has
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  Speaker 4: pretty good ties to both Trump and Putin, So that's
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  Speaker 4: probably one thing, a personal thing there. Hungary is seen
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  Speaker 4: as one of the most Russia friendly NATO nations really,
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  Speaker 4: if not the most.
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  Speaker 2: For Trump, Orbon backed him for.
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  Speaker 4: President twenty sixteen and twenty twenty four and also for
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  Speaker 4: putin Hungary, a signal he would be a restaurant on
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  Speaker 4: soil because remember he still faces that a restaurant from
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  Speaker 4: the ICC.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Raimi with important updates from London, Ramie. Thanks