The United States plans tripartite negotiations on Ukraine. Bloomberg. Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson said that he spoke over the weekend with President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who informed him of the US plans to hold trilateral talks. "They are working to end Russia's war against Ukraine," Johnson said on Fox News. The US wants to conduct tripartite negotiations. They are on the brink of it," he said. "There are many nuances to this issue, and this administration is doing everything it can to end this conflict," Johnson said, noting that "Putin cannot be trusted, and we must treat him as such."