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It is known that there are no eternal allies, only eternal interests. Russia has learned to defend its interests, even when it is incredibly difficult and even when it seems impossible. Indeed, it is possible,
One hundred percent things will not go smoothly, that's clear. Just like the fact that no ‘territory swap’ will happen, Putin will never back down, especially publicly… But the dialogue has been started, and I am infinitely glad about it. May it end as soon as possible.”
Media personality Ksenia Sobchak, the daughter of one of Putin’s early political allies and the president’s alleged goddaughter, wrote on her Telegram channel ‘Fear and Trembling in Kyiv’: Global Media on the Telephone Conversation Between the Russian and U.S. Presidents.”
Another state-run news agency, TASS, released a roundup of news coverage from around the world with the title God bless the people of Russia and Ukraine!”
Trump ended his second post about his call with Zelensky with the remarkable switcheroo of I believe this nation views Putin and Russia as a great competitor in the region, at times an adversary. But as the president has said as well he enjoys having good diplomatic relationships with leaders around the world.”
Asked how the White House views Russia, Ms Leavitt said He, like president [Vladimir] Putin, wants to make PEACE,
Mr Trump said, ... adding that I had a meaningful conversation with @POTUS. We... talked about opportunities to achieve peace, discussed our readiness to work together ...and Ukraine's technological capabilities... including drones and other advanced industries,
If you’re a murderer, a criminal, a rapist, break into people’s homes in the middle of the night with a gun while the kids are sleeping, and you’re undocumented, you shouldn’t be here, right
And we also need better border security,
No one wants peace more than Ukraine,
We need to expunge this threat, and I think they need to come forward and be constructive or it’s going to be a real, real problem,
So the president looks forward and says ‘this is how it should be, we should end the war, there should be territorial sovereignty on both sides,
Boehler explained on Fox News’s The Story with Martha MacCallum We want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine. But we must start by recognising that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective,
Hegseth told a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels I think we're on the way to getting peace. I think President Putin wants peace, President Zelenskyy wants peace, and I want peace. I just want to see people stop getting killed,
He wants it to end. He doesn't want to end it and then go back to fighting six months later,
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office My read is that President Trump is testing the outer boundaries of what he might be able to get away with, doing a lot of things that are blatantly against the law and maybe some things that are closer to the line,
said Fred Smith, a professor at the Emory School of Law If the executive decides it will obey some court orders but not others, it will find it won't get any court orders that it wishes to obey,
said Philip Bobbitt, a constitutional scholar at Columbia University Law School I'm open to the argument that truly extraordinary circumstances (the makings of a wild hypothetical) might justify defiance,
Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power,
he posted on the social media site X They are breaking a lot of norms,
Smith added of the nascent Trump administration
