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I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don't want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace."
After the chaotic Oval Office confrontation, Trump posted a statement on Truth Social saying You don’t know that. Don’t tell us what to feel! You are in no position to dictate what we feel,
I think it is good for the American people to see what is going on, that is why I kept it going so long,
Trump said, in possibly the most telling remark of the whole exchange You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict,
Vance told Zelensky during the unprecedented public confrontation, which later saw the three of them -- Trump and Vance versus Zelensky -- repeatedly race to talk over one another I hope I’m going to be remembered as a peacemaker,
People are dying ... you’re running low on soldiers,
Trump told Zelensky as their meeting degenerated into a shouting match I think we have the best drone production in the world,
he said, trailing the prospect of Ukraine offering the US weapons as part of the thank you for support No, no, you’ve done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. You’re not winning. You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.”
As Zelensky tried to answer a question from a reporter, Trump spoke over the top of him, saying How Trump and Vance held back from hitting that scumbag is a miracle of restraint,
foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Have the biggest gas storage in Europe. The biggest,
he added, raising the prospect of a market for American liquefied natural gas We haven’t committed. We will have security in a different form. We haven’t determined that yet,
It was laundered and a lot of it was used to fund NEO NAZIS in the Azov Battalion. We funded NAZIS, ... Wow."
Hard-right political activist Laura Loomer, on X in response to Musk ... to which Musk responded Time to find out what really happened to the hundreds of billions of dollars sent to Ukraine..."
Elon Musk, on X, formerly Twitter This is the most important—and of course [we’re] thankful to the president and to Congress—but first of all to your people,
I would say it didn’t work out exactly great from his standpoint. He very much overplayed his hand,
Trump said after the meeting He doesn't have the cards.
But Trump returned to what he said in the Oval Office Nobody wants to finish more than we because we are in this war, in this battle for freedom for our lives,
It is not Ukraine that is gambling with World War Three - more likely we are being used in this game as a bargaining chip,
said Oksana, a business consultant President Zelenskiy has the bravery and strength to stand up for what is right,
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, who was at the meeting with Trump, wrote on social media Without the arms supplied by the United States we will not win this war and I do not know what's going to happen,
said Andriy, a 59-year-old university lecturer