Marco Rubio described Trump as a “President who hates war” and sees it as “a waste of money and lives.” He pointed out that Trump has already mediated six agreements in the past six months and wants to achieve the same with Ukraine and Russia.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump that he was willing to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Donald Trump's meeting with Russian president Vladmir Putin was either a "disaster" or a success, depending on whom you ask — and on Sunday NBC's Kristen Welker asked both Sen. Chris Murphy and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Besides POTUS and Putin, the meeting will reportedly be flanked by some of the most powerful figures in the Kremlin’s inner circle including Russian Foreign Minister Lagrov, Trump's closest allies including Marco Rubio,