By Molly Claire Goddard
12:20am PDT, May 17, 2025
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Marco Rubio is revealing the one thing that could end the war between Russia and Ukraine.During a Thursday, May 15, interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Donald Trump's Secretary of State opened up about the only way he thinks the conflict can come to an end after years of fighting between the two nations.
Keep reading to hear Rubio's theory about how the United States could broker peace…
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According to Marco Rubio, the only way for an agreement to be reached to end the war is to have Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit down and talk."I think that's the only chance we have at peace at this point, given everything we've seen over the last few weeks," the Florida politician stated, while adding that "nothing's going to happen" until the two leaders have a chat.
"There's been talks, there's been negotiations, there's been trips and meetings — but in the end, I think we've reached the conclusion, rightfully so, as the president has, that the only way this is going to happen, if it has a chance to happen, the only way it happens is, if the president directly engages with Vladimir Putin," Rubio noted.
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Marco Rubio also went on to call Donald Trump a "lover of peace" and expressed how much the businessman wants the conflict to end."This is a person that wants to stop wars and prevent wars and end wars. That's what the president endeavors to do," the diplomat noted. "I still don't understand why some would be critical of the president. They should be happy that the president of the most powerful nation on earth is a peacemaker who seeks to prevent wars, seeks to end wars and seeks to stop existing wars. That, I think, is something we should be very proud of."
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While talking to the press aboard Air Force One on Thursday, May 15, Donald Trump himself confirmed he and Vladimir Putin were overdue for a conversation before his Russian counterpart faces Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky."Nothing is going to happen until Putin and I get together," The Apprentice alum explained. "He wasn't going if I wasn't there. I don't believe anything's going to happen, whether you like it or not, until he and I get together. But we're going to have to get it solved cause too many people are dying."
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As the war rages on, Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly visited Turkey to speak with Vladimir Putin. However, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, Putin ditched the meeting."After we understood the level of the Russian delegation, we saw that they unfortunately are very unserious about real negotiations," Zelensky explained in an interview following the trip.