The president said he's optimistic about Thursday's expected talks between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul.

Moscow’s massacres of Ukrainian civilians blew apart any semblance of good faith as Washington pushed for talks

For days, President Donald Trump repeatedly floated the possibility of scrapping his Middle East travel schedule — one his team meticulously crafted for weeks — and adding a stop to personally mediate Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Turkey.

Sky News' US correspondents Mark Stone and James Matthews discuss what the collapse of face-to-face talks means for Trump's reputation as deal-maker. And, Mark is in Doha as Donald Trump signs billion-dollar deals and tries to build diplomatic bridges.