Quotes
The president’s surrender is pathetic and weak.”
The Democratic senator Richard Blumenthal made a good start this week, when he said
You should have never started it.”
To cap it all, he endorsed the Orwellian, black-is-white inversion of truth advanced by the Kremlin when he said.jpg)
There is a desire of the two presidents, which they expressed, and there is also an instruction to prepare this meeting well so that it will be as productive as possible. It is during the preparation that all the nuances will be discussed,
Peskov said
The special military operation continues. All the goals set by the head of state and the supreme commander-in-chief must be achieved,
he saidWe have our goals, connected with our national security, with our national interests, and we are ready to achieve this goals by means of peace talks,
he saidI will tell him: deep down you cannot be weak in the face of President Putin. It's not you, it's not what you're made of, and it's not in your interests,
the French president said
The only way is to test them, to basically engage them and say, okay, are you serious about ending the war, and if so, what are your demands,
Rubio told journalist Catherine Herridge
I think President Trump is very upset at President Zelensky and in some cases, rightfully so
Rubio saidAnd I also think it's silly to say, well, the Ukrainians are going be cut out or the Europeans are going to be cut out. You can't... find a stop to a war unless both sides and their views are represented,
Rubio saidIt's unfair to say that we didn't consult anybody on it."
RubioWe ultimately have to be able to talk to a nation that has, in some cases, the largest tactical nuclear weapons stockpile in the world, and the second largest, if not the largest, strategic nuclear weapons stockpile in the world."
But he addedThere should be some level of gratitude here about this, and when you don't see it and you see (Zelensky) out there accusing the president of living in a world of disinformation, that's highly, very counterproductive,
he saidThere isn't going to be a meeting until we know what the meeting is going to be about."
RubioSo I think when that meeting happens will largely depend on whether we can make any progress on ending the war in Ukraine, and if we can, and that meeting is what seals the deal, I think everybody should celebrate that President Trump is a peacemaker,
he saidIf any other person was president, [Rubio] would be considered pretty extreme. It’s just that in comparison to some of these other appointees, he is seen as fairly reasonable,
Zunes said
I think it’s ambition. Being a high-profile senator is one thing, and being the secretary of state is another in terms of your profile, particularly on a global stage,
he told Al Jazeera
Marco Rubio not only exemplifies the American dream. I would tell you that he exemplifies the Republican Party,
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart addedI think he wants to see a Pax Americana,
Zunes says, referring to the concept of global peace ushered in by American dominanceHe has a very traditional, hawkish view of America’s role in the world, but we’ve also seen ways in which he’s simply dispensed with long-held views since becoming secretary of state,
said Michael Hanna, US programme director at the International Crisis Group think tankThe first and most important pillar of my foreign policy will be a renewal of American strength. This is an idea based on a simple truth: the world is at its safest when America is at its strongest,
he wrote