Gabbard says Trump is 'looking forward to success' ahead of talk with Putin

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, speaking up of an expected telephone speech Tuesday betwixt President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Monday that portion the negotiations to extremity Russia's warfare with Ukraine person conscionable begun, Trump is “looking guardant to success.”

Gabbard criticized erstwhile President Joe Biden’s handling of the warfare successful Ukraine and said Trump’s propulsion for some sides to hold to a ceasefire comes from an “unwavering committedness to peace.”

“Under the erstwhile administration, during which this warfare began, determination was nary effort, determination was nary effort astatine each towards peace. There was nary effort to person nonstop dialog with Putin and with Russia to effort to bring astir an extremity to this war. So already successful a precise abbreviated play of time, President Trump has made overmuch much advancement towards bid than immoderate effort that has occurred by anyone, previously,” Gabbard said successful an interrogation with India's NDTV. “I’m definite that President Trump volition person a precise productive speech with Putin, erstwhile again, rooted successful his unwavering committedness to peace.”

Trump volition talk with Putin connected Tuesday successful a imaginable pivot constituent successful efforts to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine and an accidental for Trump to proceed reorienting American overseas policy.

Gabbard's sojourn to India holds peculiar significance: Gabbard, a veteran, was the archetypal Hindu elected to Congress erstwhile she served arsenic a typical from Hawaii. In her caller relation Gabbard oversees and coordinates the enactment of much than a twelve quality agencies.

While successful India, Gabbard volition talk to an planetary information and economics conference. Her travel besides includes stops successful Japan and Thailand.

In the interrogation with NDTV, Gabbard hailed the narration betwixt Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said some leaders are committed to strengthening ties betwixt their countries.

“With President Trump’s enactment successful the United States, of people Prime Minister Modi’s longstanding enactment present successful India, we person 2 leaders of our 2 large countries who are precise bully friends and who are precise focused connected however we tin fortify those shared objectives and those shared interests.”

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Eds: This communicative was updated connected Mar. 17, 2025, to delete erroneous reporting that U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “are precise bully friends.” Gabbard was talking astir Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.