During remarks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter about what would happen if Russian President Vladimir Putin did not stick to a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine. The president responded that he believed Putin would keep his word, saying that he and Putin "had to go through the Russian hoax together." Mr. Trump also responded to a question on if he still thought Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a dictator: "Did I say that? I can't believe I said that," he replied. This event happened one day before President Zelensky's expected meeting with Mr. Trump in Washington to sign a deal in which Ukraine would give the U.S. a large amount of its minerals in exchange for possible security guarantees against Russia.