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Russia should not be allowed to defeat Ukraine,
The president, his team are very much focused on continuing negotiations with both sides of this war to end the conflict and the president is very confident we can get it done this week."
When it comes to the critical minerals, this is an important piece for the president. It’s very important for the president, because it will recoup American tax dollars. And it also will be a great economic partnership between the United States of America and for the Ukrainian people as well as they rebuild their country following this brutal war
I think that thing is going to end. It's got to end."
He also sounded confidence about war's conclusion and said I don't think he's very important to be in the meetings. He has been there for three years. He makes it very hard to make deals,
the US president told Fox News … the threat that I worry the most about vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor. What I worry about is the threat from within. The retreat of Europe from its most fundamental values.”
It was the words that followed that sent shockwaves across Europe [T ... T]he crisis this continent faces right now … is one of your own making.”
He told the astonished audience [t ... t]he Trump administration … believes we can come to a reasonable settlement between Russia and Ukraine”.
J.D. Vance’s speech touched on Ukraine in just half a sentence [S]tark strategic realities prevent the United States of America being primarily focused on the security of Europe … The US is prioritising deterring war with China in the Pacific, recognising the reality of scarcity and making resourcing trade-offs. … As the United States prioritises its attention to these threats, European allies must lead from the front.”
On the future US relationship with Europe, he said Today we are facing two parallel, but, of course, to some extent, politically interconnected tracks: one is Ukrainian affairs, the other is bilateral,
A dialogue on strategic stability and arms control is possible when we see visible shifts for the better in American policy,
I had an hour call with Jake Sullivan in the White House begging, 'Jake, avoid the war. You can avoid the war. All you have to do is say, NATO will not enlarge to Ukraine,
Sachs said at an event called "The Geopolitics of Peace." I said, 'Jake, say' 'Ukraine won't join NATO' publicly."
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