Putin Rejects Trump’s Vatican Peace Talk Proposal; Kremlin Calls Trump ‘Emotional’

May 28, 2025 by No Comments

Vladimir Putin has declined Donald Trump’s suggestion to hold the next Russia-Ukraine peace talks at the Vatican, an idea Trump has been promoting since the new American pontiff proposed it earlier in the month.

Special Envoy Keith Kellogg confirmed this on “Fox & Friends,” stating that “The Russians didn’t want to go there,” suggesting an alternative location for the talks.

The timing of the next talks remains uncertain, as Russia hasn’t agreed to the U.S. peace proposal and its foreign ministry stated on Tuesday that it’s still working on its terms.

Trump used social media on Tuesday to warn Putin, saying he’s “playing with fire.”

“What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD,” he . “He’s playing with fire!”

Similarly, Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of “playing games” following a large-scale drone strike in the ongoing war, where Russia launched 335 drones and nine cruise missiles at civilian targets.

This attack led Trump to call Putin “crazy” on his Truth Social platform.

“I’ve always had a very good relationship with of Russia, but something has happened to him,” Trump said Sunday. “He has gone absolutely CRAZY! 

He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever,” he added. 

Trump further warned Putin that attempting to take “all of Ukraine…it will lead to the downfall of Russia.”

The Kremlin responded to Trump’s remarks by calling him “emotional.”

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, when asked about Trump’s comments, said, “We are really grateful to the Americans and to President Trump personally for their assistance in organizing and launching this .

“This is a very crucial moment, which is associated, of course, with the emotional overload of everyone absolutely and with emotional reactions,” he added, according to a Reuters report.

Trump also criticized Zelenskyy in his social media post, claiming he was “doing his country no favors by talking the way he does.”

“Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop,” he added, though the reason for this reaction remains unclear.