Politico reports U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff will offer Vladimir Putin direct talks with President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an effort to secure a ceasefire.
Hand it to Kalshi. It already has odds on when this three-way meeting might take place, and as of now, the probability for such a gathering this year is only at 11%. We’ll want to give Politico’s article some time to breathe, but given the prospects Kalshi and other polling shows for the midterm elections, odds are a meeting with Putin and Zelenskyy isn’t on Trump’s front burner.
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