Putin, Trump and Russia
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The U.S. president was given three options for sanctions after running out of patience with the Kremlin over the Ukraine war.
President Donald Trump canceled his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, due to insufficient progress toward peace negotiations, the White House said.
Days after canceling a planned summit with Putin, citing a lack of progress toward ending the war in Ukraine, Trump took a major step by effectively blacklisting Rosneft and Lukoil.
Trump said Oct. 22 that the sanctions "certainly will have an impact" on Russia and that he hopes Putin will "become reasonable."
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is expected to present President Trump with a plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
At least six people were killed overnight shortly after President Donald Trump said he didn't "want to have a waste of time" holding a summit with the Russian leader.