Trump cancels Putin talks, mediation falters | JQJO

President Donald Trump scrapped a planned Budapest meeting with Vladimir Putin and, aboard Air Force One in Malaysia, said he wouldn’t “be wasting my time.” He praised their past rapport but called the situation “very disappointing,” despite a campaign vow to secure a ceasefire within 24 hours—now 279 days unmet. A June summit in Alaska devolved into “a shouting match,” and Washington has since tightened sanctions. A February Oval Office session with Volodymyr Zelensky, widely seen as a diplomatic disaster, alarmed Kyiv and European allies. The cancellation is widely viewed as a setback; aides cited “bad timing.”