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President Trump realizes that when President Putin said on the phone he was ready for peace, or told his envoys he was ready for peace, he lied,
The president’s belief is – he believes, that right now if you start threatening sanctions, the Russians will stop talking, and there is value in us being able to talk to them and to drive them to get to the table,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week, a day after Trump and Putin spoke over the phone There is no military logic in this, but it is a clear political choice – the choice of Putin, the choice of Russia – the choice to keep waging war and destroying lives.”
He doesn’t understand that he himself or our Congress have to change the stakes if they want to end the war. We could do it, he’s the barrier.”
He doesn’t understand why Ukrainians would defend themselves, because he wouldn’t,
I agree with President Trump, war criminal Putin is crazy. The civilized world will not sit by for Putin’s imperial tantrum at the cost of more children’s lives. Secondary sanctions & arms support NOW. Grateful to stand with Ukraine as they continue to repel this unprovoked INVASION and work for peace in their homeland,
Wilson wrote on X on Monday This is a blatant disregard for all those around the world who seek peace and are trying to make diplomacy work, ... I am
I think it’s the US best interest to get this war finished and just get it done.”
The Russians can continue fighting, but … the force will become more and more de-mechanized over time, and that does put a timeline on how long they can sustain the current way they operate.”
Jack Watling, a senior fellow at the UK’s Royal United Services Institute, told the Washington Post EU countries push for swift deal with Washington to head off heavy tariffs.”
Finally, the FT looks at the latest on tariffs with You should have never started it. You could have made a deal
he holds a direct call with Putin and rules out Nato membership for Ukraine on the same day; blames Kyiv for the war, saying Horror as car ploughs into crowd at Liverpool FC victory parade,
is the splash on the Guardian today, a story that dominated headlines across the UK Nothing’s going to happen until Putin and I get together.”
Trump leans on Zelenskyy to agree to direct talks with Russia in Turkey – but seemed unperturbed after Putin declines Zelenskyy’s offer of a direct meeting, saying As I got older, ... the gap between me and the people who were commissioning work got bigger and bigger.”
he says in this week’s A new start after 60 I’m in a much more secure and positive frame of mind about what I’m doing,
There’s a very easy negotiation to take place. But I don’t want to tell you what it is because then I can’t use that negotiation,
This means that Ukraine can now defend itself, for example, by attacking military positions in Russia... with very few exceptions, it didn't do that until recently. It can now do that,
This is a War that would never have started if I were President. This is Zelenskyy’s, Putin’s, and Biden’s War, not ‘Trump’s,
Putin doesn’t believe that Trump is going to follow through,
There have been statements and expressions of irritation and frustration coming from President Trump and others in the administration before, even threats of sanctions, but so far nothing,
former US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor told Isa Soares on CNN International on Monday
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