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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

Trump shows his hand in hot mic moment at White House summit

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

Politics, Versant, Ms Now, Versant Media, Washington, News, President, Policy, Government, Senate, Congress, Msnbc

4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

President Trump meets with Ukraine’s President and several other European leaders for hours at the White House just days after his Alaska summit with Putin. Then, Trump renews his attacks against mail-in voting, suggesting he'll sign an executive order to end it. Plus, the Department of Justice tells lawmakers it will hand over records related to Jeffrey Epstein at the end of this week. Luke Broadwater, Susan Glasser, Amb. William Taylor, Tom Nichols, Brendan Greeley, Rohit Chopra, Doug Jones, and Bobby Djavaheri join The 11th Hour this Monday night.

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0:00.0

Tonight, the summit at the White House. Two days after Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin,

0:05.8

President Zelensky and European leaders rushed to Washington for talks to end the war in Ukraine.

0:11.4

Then, the president threatens an executive order to end mail-in voting. Small problem with that.

0:16.7

The Constitution gives states control over elections. Plus, the Department of Justice tells lawmakers it will hand over records related to Jeffrey Epstein by the end of this week,

0:26.4

as the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.

0:36.1

Good evening. I'm Jacob Soberoff in for Stephanie Rule. It is day 211 of the second Trump

0:41.7

administration. And today, Ukraine's President Zelensky and leaders of several key European allies

0:47.5

came to the White House. It is clear that they were there to support Zelensky in his effort to

0:52.3

end the war that Russia began, as well as to

0:55.4

help him defend Ukraine's interests. But it also appeared to be an attempt to damage control after

1:00.3

last week's Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. At one point today, Trump was

1:06.3

caught on a hot mic talking about Putin's intentions.

1:17.1

I think he wants to make a deal for me.

1:19.1

You understand that, as crazy as it sounds me.

1:23.8

President Trump says that at the conclusion of today's meetings,

1:25.2

he called Vladimir Putin.

1:28.9

The two of them discussed a meeting between Putin and Zelensky,

1:33.2

which would be followed by a meeting with the two men plus Trump. According to the Kremlin,

1:38.9

the call between Trump and Putin lasted 40 minutes. My colleague Tom Yamis has a closer look at today's summit at the White House. Today, President Trump's saying he's optimistic. People are being killed and we want to stop

1:46.0

that. So I would not say it's the end of the road. No, I think we have a good chance of doing it.

1:51.4

But there's been little sign of progress. Russia controls 20% of Ukraine and wants to keep that

1:57.6

and more as a condition to end the war, while Zelensky says Ukraine won't

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