Diplomatic efforts under President Trump have centered on bilateral U.S.-Russia and U.S.-Ukraine channels, including the 2025 Alaska summit between Trump and Putin and recent September 2026 visits by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv. Kremlin statements emphasize that any trilateral leaders’ meeting would serve only to formalize existing agreements, not advance negotiations, while Ukrainian officials highlight unresolved territorial issues that require leader-level discussion. Trump has described personal animosity between Putin and Zelensky as the main obstacle, and no trilateral presidential event has been scheduled despite proposals for lower-level talks in October 2026. With active combat continuing and only months left before 2027, these structural and interpersonal barriers underpin the strong trader consensus against an in-person gathering of all three.