President Donald Trump appears to be on the cusp of bringing the leaders of Ukraine and Russia together for a historic meeting to negotiate the end of the years-long war between their countries.

In a post to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to agree on a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Turkey next week.

“President Putin of Russia doesn’t want to have a Cease Fire Agreement with Ukraine, but rather wants to meet on Thursday, in Turkey, to negotiate a possible end to the BLOODBATH. Ukraine should agree to this, IMMEDIATELY,” Trump said.

“At least they will be able to determine whether or not a deal is possible, and if it is not, European leaders, and the U.S., will know where everything stands, and can proceed accordingly!” he added. “I’m starting to doubt that Ukraine will make a deal with Putin, who’s too busy celebrating the Victory of World War ll, which could not have been won (not even close!) without the United States of America. HAVE THE MEETING, NOW!!!”

Soon after, Zelensky said he was ready to meet Putin.

“We await a full and lasting ceasefire, starting from tomorrow, to provide the necessary basis for diplomacy,” Zelensky said on X. “There is no point in prolonging the killings. And I will be waiting for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday. Personally. I hope that this time the Russians will not look for excuses.”

The Washington Post reported on Saturday the United States and its Western allies demanded Putin agree to a 30-day ceasefire starting on Monday or face more sanctions on Russia’s energy and banking sectors. Putin proposed a meeting in Istanbul.

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) stuck to his conservative principles when asked about President Donald Trump raising the prospect of a tax increase on the highest income earners in the country.

NBC’s Kristen Welker pressed the top Senate Republican on the issue during the latest airing of “Meet The Press” after Trump said he would be “OK” with a tax hike on the rich to help lower and middle income workers in the “big, beautiful bill” — even as the president conceded “Republicans should probably not do it” considering the political consequences.

“I want to talk about the president’s tax bill. In order to get some of the savings needed to pass it, President Trump floated the idea of increasing taxes on the highest income earners, those making more than $2.5 million. He also acknowledged the politics are quite thorny, but, senator, would you support that? Increasing taxes on the highest income earners?” Welker asked.

“Well, I’m a conservative, and I don’t want to increase taxes on anybody,” Barrasso replied. “What you do know is that the Democrats, if we don’t get this bill passed, they’re going to raise taxes by $4 trillion on the American people. It will hit every working family in America with higher taxes. And you know, 84% of Americans don’t like what the Democrats are proposing. Our goal is to keep more money in people’s pockets so they can go to the store, pay their rent, save for retirement. That’s what our focus is — lower costs and higher wages.”

Barrasso refused to budge as Welker sought to clarify whether he was ruling out the possibility of increasing taxes on the highest income earners.

“I oppose raising taxes on anyone and the Democrats want to raise $4 trillion of taxes on everyone,” Barrasso said.

He added later: “I am against raising taxes on anyone. We’re working the bill through the process. It’s going through the House. We’re ironing out the details right now. We’re going to get a bill passed and signed by the president that’s going to put more money in people’s pockets and give them the certainty that taxes aren’t going to go up.”