Trump admin updates: White House officials hold prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk

President Donald Trump continues to put pressure on Europe to act first against Russia while propping himself up as a mediator between Putin and Zelenskyy despite his own acknowledgements about the difficulties he’s experienced helping negotiate an end to the war.

Asked what responses he’s received from NATO leaders after his latest demand, Trump said, “They know it's true. They don't want to deny it. They said, ‘Well, I'd rather not talk.’ I said– ‘What do you mean? You'd rather not. That means you're guilty, right?’ Yeah, no, they agree.”

Trump again claimed that he was ready to impose secondary sanctions on Russia despite bypassing his own self-imposed deadline to implement them, but needed Europe to contribute equally.

“Well, I'm ready to move ahead, but they have to do it. I think they will. But right now they're talking and they're not doing,” said Trump.

“I'm willing to do sanctions, but they're going to have to toughen up their sanctions, commensurate with what I'm doing.”

The president also sounded less confident that a trilateral meeting between him, Putin and Zelenskyy is on the horizon. Arguing that Putin and Zelenskyy hate each other so much, they’re “incapable of talking.”

“Whether you call it a summit or just a get-together, it doesn't matter, but I'll probably have to get involved. They hate each other so much they almost can't talk. They're incapable of talking to each other.”

During his press gaggle Sunday evening, President Donald Trump was asked if he would consider strikes against mainland Venezuela. He didn’t rule out the possibility of striking parts of the country.

“We’ll see what happens. Look, Venezuela is sending us their gang members, their drug dealers and drugs. It's not acceptable,” Trump said.

Asked if he’ll order more strikes on Venezuela’s vessels, Trump said he’ll see what happens.

“There's certainly not a lot of boats out there, I'll tell you, since the first strike, and then, to a lesser extent, the second, we don't see any. I mean, we almost see no boats out there, which is fine. As far as I'm concerned, there's been very little boat traffic.”

Trump told reporters he’s been briefed about Venezuela, accusing the United States Navy of boarding a fishing vessel in their own waters. While answering the question, Trump touted his efforts to stop drugs from coming into the U.S. from Venezuela.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa and Hannah Demissie

The Trump administration requested that Congress approve an additional $58 million to boost security for members of the executive and judicial branches following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

In the formal request, the administration also outlined its support to increase security and protective measures for the legislative branch but is deferring to Congress on the implementation, sources say.

This move comes ahead of the upcoming Sept. 30 government funding deadline. ABC News has reached out to the White House for comment.

House Speaker Mike Johnson previously said congressional leaders were reviewing member security.

“We are in a deliberate review process to determine what measures are appropriate, how much we could allocate for that. We have to protect people who run for public office, or no one will and that is heavy on our hearts and minds,” Johnson said last week.

U.S. Capitol Police told ABC News that the department expects to track “roughly” 14,000 threats to lawmakers by the end of 2025.

Punchbowl was the first to report the news of the additional funding request.

-ABC News’ Lauren Peller

Trump said Sunday that foreign investments in the U.S. — which he regularly touts — hinge on permitting foreign workers to enter the country and train Americans on manufacturing “complex products.”

“When Foreign Companies who are building extremely complex products, machines, and various other “things,” come into the United States with massive Investments, I want them to bring their people of expertise for a period of time to teach and train our people how to make these very unique and complex products, as they phase out of our Country, and back into their land,” Trump said on his social media platform.

“If we didn’t do this, all of that massive Investment will never come in the first place — Chips, Semiconductors, Computers, Ships, Trains, and so many other products that we have to learn from others how to make, or, in many cases, relearn, because we used to be great at it, but not anymore,” the president added.

Earlier this month, an ICE raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia led to the detention of more than 300 South Korean workers. The workers arrived back in South Korea on Friday on a chartered flight.

Following the raid, Trump told reporters that he’ll “speak to” South Korea and proposed that foreign workers come teach American ones. But Trump maintained that ICE was “doing right” in detaining those South Korean workers “because they were here illegally.”

-ABC News’ Fritz Farrow