White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Donald Trump would meet Vladimir Putin 'one on one' during a briefing in DC on Tuesday. "Does the President plan to meet with Putin one-on-one?" she was asked. ”Yes, that's part of the plan," she replied.Asked why Volodymyr Zelensky had not been invited, she stated: "This meeting came about because the President of Russia asked the President of the United States to meet through his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, who, as you all know, travelled to Russia to have a conversation with Putin at his request."