The planned meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest is off the table, multiple outlets report. A White House official said on Tuesday there are no plans for a meeting “in the immediate future,” ABC News noted. The announcement follows a conversation between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. BREAKING: Trump’s meeting with Putin in Hungary called off — The Telegraph pic.twitter.com/JG8HSgYUpo — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) October 21, 2025 POLITICO shared: “Secretary Rubio and Foreign Minister Lavrov had a productive call,” said a White House official granted anonymity to discuss the plans. “Therefore, an additional in-person meeting between the Secretary and Foreign Minister is not necessary, and there are no plans for President Trump to meet with President Putin in the immediate future.” The rapid dissolution of plans for another summit between Trump and Putin just two months after they met in Alaska stemmed again from Russia’s refusal to budge from its maximalist positions on what it would take for it to halt its war in Ukraine. In a press conference in Moscow Tuesday, Lavrov said he informed Rubio that Russia’s position — that a peace agreement must come before a ceasefire in its war with Ukraine — has not changed. “I believe American officials have concluded that Russia’s position has remained largely unchanged over time and remains within the bounds of its initial maximalist demands,” Lavrov said. “Russia has not altered its positions compared to understandings and prolonged negotiations between Putin and Trump in Alaska.” Lavrov ‘dismissed’ media reports that the Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest was postponed, according to RT. Watch Lavrov’s comments below: Lavrov dismisses media reports that Putin-Trump meeting in Hungary has been postponed 'I was surprised to read that today' https://t.co/4f0KEaOYLe pic.twitter.com/jIcO1frNAT — RT (@RT_com) October 21, 2025 ABC News provided further info: Zelenskyy was in Washington to make his case for coveted U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles and other military assets. Zelenskyy said on Monday that the Trump administration decided not to provide Ukraine with the long-range Tomahawks that would give Kyiv the ability to strike deeper inside Russia, but said the “issue is not off the table.” Still, Zelenskyy described the White House meeting as positive and said he was waiting to see whether he would be invited to join the now-called off sitdown between Trump and Putin in Budapest. Trump has called for the Russia-Ukraine war to end along its current battle lines, and denied a report from the Financial Times that he insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Russia. On Monday, Trump softened his previous comments when he said he believed Ukraine could win back all its territory currently occupied by Russia. “Well they could,” Trump said. “They could still win it. I don’t think they will but they could still win it. I never said they would win it. I said they — anything can happen. You know war is a very strange thing. A lot of bad things happen. A lot of good things happen.”

Former Navy SEAL and fifth-generation Kentucky farmer Ed Gallrein, who received a preemptive endorsement from President Trump, has officially launched an effort to defeat Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) in the GOP primary. “I’ve dedicated my life to serving my country, and I’m ready to answer the call again,” Gallrein said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. “This district is Trump Country. The President doesn’t need obstacles in Congress – he needs backup. I’ll defeat Thomas Massie, stand shoulder to shoulder with President Trump, and deliver the America First results Kentuckians voted for,” he continued. New: Former Navy Seal Ed Gallrein who was endorsed by President Trump has officially launched a primary challenge to Thomas Massie pic.twitter.com/M20kYxt5hH — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) October 21, 2025 Fox News has more: Gallrein served three decades in uniform, rising to the rank of captain. According to his campaign bio, he served multiple times on SEAL Team SIX, deploying to Panama, Afghanistan and Iraq, and earned four Bronze Stars and two Presidential Unit Citations. His campaign release also highlighted that “Gallrein’s roots run deep in Kentucky.” He was born and raised in the state. And his family, which has farmed for over a century, built Kentucky’s largest dairy farm and Gallrein Grain Farms, one of the state’s largest grain operations. Massie took aim at Gallrein following Trump’s social media endorsement, calling him a “failed candidate and establishment hack,” as he pointed to Gallrein’s unsuccessful run last year for the state Senate. “After having been rejected by every elected official in the 4th District, Trump’s consultants clearly pushed the panic button with their choice of failed candidate and establishment hack Ed Gallrein,” Massie said in a statement to Politico. “Ed’s been begging them to pick him for over three months now.” Trump started targeting Massie for ouster earlier this year over the seven-term lawmaker’s opposition to the “one, big beautiful bill,” which passed the GOP-controlled Congress early in the summer nearly entirely along party lines. The sweeping GOP megalaw is the president’s major legislative achievement since returning to the White House. “Third Rate Congressman Thomas Massie, a Weak and Pathetic RINO from the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky, a place I love, and won big SIX TIMES, must be thrown out of office, ASAP! The incredible people of Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District gave us a mandate to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and the person that will help us do that is Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Fifth Generation Kentucky Farmer, Captain Ed Gallrein, a true America First Patriot,” Trump previously said on Truth Social. “A Brave Combat Veteran, Ed knows the Wisdom and Courage required to Defend our Country, Support our Military/Veterans, and Ensure PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH. Additionally, as a very successful Businessman, Ed knows how to Create GREAT Jobs, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Support our Amazing Farmers and American Agriculture, Unleash American Energy Dominance, and Champion our Nation’s Golden Age. In Congress, he will fight tirelessly to Keep our now very Secure Border, SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment,” Trump continued. “I hope Ed gets into the Race against Massie, who is now polling at about 9% because the Great People of Kentucky are wise to him — He only votes against the Republican Party, making life very easy for the Radical Left. Unlike ‘lightweight’ Massie, a totally ineffective LOSER who has failed us so badly, CAPTAIN ED GALLREIN IS A WINNER WHO WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. Should he decide to challenge Massie, Captain Ed Gallrein has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, ED, RUN — MAGA!” he added. POLITICO noted: The president has been searching for a challenger to Massie since the Kentuckian voted against the “big, beautiful bill.” Trump’s political operation launched a super PAC aimed at unseating Massie in June, as the representative pushed to reassert congressional authority over Trump’s military actions in Iran. The group, MAGA KY, has spent $1.8 million on independent expenditures so far. Trump’s effort is coming to a head just as Massie is poised to secure the required 218 signatures to end-run Speaker Mike Johnson and force a floor vote on compelling release of the Justice Department’s entire file on the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Trump and his team also vetted state Sen. Aaron Reed, who narrowly defeated Gallrein in the GOP primary for that seat last year. Some Republicans had hoped former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron would drop his bid to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell and enter the race against Massie instead.

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