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You know, they want a seat at the table, wouldn’t the people of Ukraine have to have a say, like it’s been a lot of times since we’ve had an election?”
That’s not a Russia thing; that’s something that’s coming from me.”
Apparently sensitive to criticism that he parrots Russian propaganda in his statements on the war, Trump insisted You have leadership now that's allowed a war to go on that should have never even happened, even without the United States,
Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida Tuesday – If they want to do that, that'd be fine."
Trump, speaking from his Florida resort Mar-a-Lago, expressed openness to the idea of European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine as part of a settlement, telling reporters I know France has mentioned it. Others have mentioned it, the UK has mentioned it."
I believe President Zelensky said last week that he doesn't know where half of the money is that we gave him,
[We ... We're] working on a path to ending the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible in a way that is enduring, sustainable, and acceptable to all sides."
We are ready for this, but it is still difficult to talk about a specific date for the meeting of the two leaders."
We have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law, essentially martial law in Ukraine, where the leader in Ukraine, I mean, I hate to say it, but he's down to four per cent approval rating."
There is a completely different position, of course, on security-related issues related to defence or military alliances."
We are talking about integration and economic integration processes. And here, of course, no one can dictate anything to any country, and we are not going to do that."
I could have made a deal for Ukraine that would have given them almost all of the land, everything, almost all of the land, and no people would have been killed, and no city would have been demolished, and not one dome would have been knocked down. But they chose not to do it that way."
You should have never started it,
Trump said of Ukraine while criticizing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had expressed concern that The talks were very good,
Trump later said from Mar-a-Lago They had a seat at the table for three years,
It is very important for Kellogg to come to Ukraine. Then he would understand the people and all our circumstances,
Zelenskyy said, in comments to The Guardian The only person that benefits from elections before there's a durable peace deal is Putin,
said Andrew D’Anieri, fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center During martial law, elections are impossible to hold [...] The leaders of all parties have agreed that elections will not be held until at least six months after the end of martial law,
All the frontrunners in the election will be pro-Western, pro-European candidates who want to defend the country against Russia and probably agree on most matters, including on foreign affairs and defense, but have their own kind of domestic political issues where they differ,
Zelensky is unlikely to win the elections, if they were to be held in Ukraine, because his popularity dropped significantly at the end of 2024,
said Russian-born U.S. intelligence expert Rebekah Koffler
