Franco Ordonez

Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.

President Trump said, quote, something good just may be happening in a social media post this morning after receiving a report on the weekend talks in Geneva.

A joint statement between the U.S.

and Ukraine was released stating that their original 28-point plan had been updated and refined.

Both the United States and Ukraine say more work is needed and express cautious optimism about the direction.

The early version included several measures that Ukraine has repeatedly rejected, including giving up territory it controls, shrinking its military, and ruling out NATO membership.

Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.

President Trump had threatened to cut funding if Mondani was elected and called him his little communist mayor.

Mondani had described himself as Donald Trump's worst nightmare.

But on Friday, they were both full of smiles and promises to partner together on lowering the cost of housing and groceries for New Yorkers.

Both have a mutual interest in playing nice.

Mondani wants to protect federal funding for New York City.

And Trump is looking to get in on Mondani's affordability message.

Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.

Only a few details have come out, but one seen as a non-starter for Kiev involves Ukraine ceding territory to Russia.

a proposal Trump has pushed before.

Sam Cherup, who's at RAND, a think tank that studies security, says the details don't matter as much to Trump.

He just wants to stop the fighting.

That's why Russia wants more strategic territory, and Ukraine is so adamant about needing security guarantees from Washington and its Western partners, so that this type of invasion doesn't happen again.

Franco.