Trump welcomes Armenian PM Pashinyan to the White House.

Trump has fired the IRS commissioner, Billy Long, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as acting commissioner.

Source: NYT

US Senator Lindsey Graham:

Remember Reagan met with Gorbachev to try to end the Cold War.

Trump will walk away – like Reagan – if Putin insists on a bad deal.

Trump welcomes Azerbaijani President Aliyev to the White House.

Trump says he is "very confident" that there can be lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Trump on Armenia and Azerbaijan:

They fought for 35 years, now they are friends.

Trump on Steve Witkoff:

I call him Henry Kissinger who doesn't leak.

Trump:

Armenia and Azerbaijan commit to stop all fighting forever, open up commerce and respect each other's territorial integrity.

Trump to Aliyev and Pashinyan:

You two are going to have a great relationship and if you don’t, call me and I’ll straighten it out.

Trump:

We are lifting restrictions on defense cooperation between Azerbaijan and the US.

Trump:

I think a lot of people are going to be joining the Abraham Accords.

Trump:

We will have some information regarding Ukraine-Russia war a little bit later.

Trump: How long have you been in the leadership position?

Aliyev: 22 years.

Trump: That means he is tough and smart.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have signed a historic deal in DC.

Trump:

We are going to have a meeting with Russia, we will start off with Russia.

I think the location will be a very popular one.

I don't want to announce it now, will announce later today.

Trump:

I will be meeting with Putin very shortly. He wants to meet as soon as possible too.

Reporter: Is this meeting with Putin Russia's last chance?

Trump: I don't like using the term last chance. They are two very very smart people.

BREAKING: Trump says we will see some "swapping" of territories in Ukraine.

"Some back, some switched. There will be some swapping of territories."

Armenia's PM Pashinyan:

Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump on Somaliland:

We are working on that, another complex one.

NEW: Putin will agree to a full cease-fire if Ukraine withdraws from all of eastern Donetsk.

Stage 1: Ukraine pulls out of Donetsk, front lines freeze.

Stage 2: Putin and Trump draft a final peace plan to be discussed with Zelensky.

Putin offers a law pledging no attacks on Ukraine or Europe.

Source: WSJ

Trump on Armenia and Azerbaijan:

This is not a ceasefire, this is a peace agreement. It will hold up.