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The signals are positive... At least he's talking about peace, and not about confrontation."
The Russian government has given a cautious but mostly positive response to Trump's return, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying Sunday
This is an agreement we have made with the US. It is in our mutual interest. So I want to accept it,
Scholz said
My principle is always, if I may say so casually: You dance with those who are in the room. And that also applies to the future president of the US,
Scholz told a Sunday evening talk show on public broadcaster ARDI don't comment on tech billionaires,
the chancellor saidOlaf is a fool."
Musk had written in German on the social media platform X, which he ownsBoth exchanged views on the German-American relationship and the current geopolitical challenges,
Scholz’s spokesperson, Steffen Hebestreit, said in a statement on Sunday
We're better off together."
Scholz had already congratulated Trump on Wednesday and urged continued close transatlantic ties, telling him in English
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POV (point of view): You're 38 days from losing your allowance."
Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., shared a clip Saturday on Instagram which showed Zelensky standing next to the president-elect with a caption readingTogether we can achieve much more than against each other,
added the center-left leader of Europe's biggest economy, who plans to run again in the upcoming elections
I'm not here to put forward a specific legislative proposal. President Biden will make the case that we do need ongoing resources for Ukraine beyond the end of his term,
Sullivan said
The American people want sovereignty protected here in America before we spend our funds and resources protecting the sovereignty of another nation,
Hagerty saidPresident Biden will have the opportunity over the next 70 days to make the case to the Congress and to the incoming administration that the United States should not walk away from Ukraine, that walking away from Ukraine means more instability in Europe,
Sullivan told CBS News' Face the Nation showWe do not comment on private calls between President Trump and other world leaders,
Trump communication’s director, Steven Cheung, said in a statement
Reports that the Ukrainian side was informed in advance of the alleged call are false. Subsequently, Ukraine could not have endorsed or opposed the call,
foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi told Reuters
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At some point, Trump has to present a plan to Putin and we will see if Putin wants to stick to it. From that moment there is a new reality,
Goncharenko said
I think Ukrainians have already learned the lesson that we have to count on ourselves”
Maria Avdeeva, a Kyiv-based fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute thinktank, said ... a refrain that crops up repeatedly in conversationI don’t think that Trump’s victory is a catastrophe. Ukraine is now his business and if negotiations lead to a disaster it will be his, like Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. This is a person who loves to win.”
Oleksiy Goncharenko, a Ukrainian opposition MP, saidThe situation remains challenging and shows signs of escalation. The enemy, leveraging its numerical advantage, is continuing offensive actions and is focusing its main efforts on the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions.”
Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s most senior military commander, said on SaturdayTrump during his election talked about how he perceives everything through deals, that he can make a deal that can lead to peace,
he said, though he added campaign trail statements were not always borne outHe turned out to be a courageous person. People show who they are in extraordinary circumstances. This is where a person reveals himself. And he showed himself, in my opinion, in a very correct manner, courageously. Like a man.”
The Russian president congratulated Trump on his victory and said