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Look, here's the bottom line, President Zelenskyy is going to sign that deal, and you will see that in the very short term, and that is good for Ukraine,
I think that President Putin and President Zelenskyy are going to have to get together. Because you know what? We want to stop killing millions of people,
Trump told reporters at the White House I 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? Are your public demands and your private demands different?
President Trump is very upset with President Zelenskyy,
Ukraine must be at the table in future negotiations on peace in Ukraine and that questions about European security must be discussed together with the Europeans,
We won’t leave Ukraine alone and decide things over their heads, and we will ensure that Ukraine is a country that can choose its own government,
I've been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards, and you get sick of it,
They only want to talk because of me,
Joe Biden is a very dumb man who was dumber than ever before,
I get tired of listening to it.”
When Kilmeade pressed Trump repeatedly on whether the war’s atrocities were Putin’s fault, the president replied I’m not trying to make Putin [seem] nicer or better,
But Mr. President, but you know who's to blame for that. But don't you think it's Vladimir Putin that did the invasion unwarranted to try to take back land he had no right to? And don't you think fundamentally, that's that?"
On Friday, Kilmeade repeatedly pressed Trump on Putin, saying I've been watching this man for years now, as his cities get demolished, as his people get killed, as the soldiers get decimated,
Trump said on Fox News Radio's "The Brian Kilmeade Show" on Friday morning I don’t think he’s very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you,
Trump said days after Zelenskyy said Make no mistake about it, that invasion was the responsibility of one human being on the face of this planet. It was Vladimir Putin."
Thom Tillis, R-N.C., echoed Kennedy, telling reporters that same day I think they really want to make a deal, I do. They, they found it impossible to make a deal with Zelenskyy as his buildings came down,
Now, both sides want to talk, it seems, so we should just get to that point?"
They only want to talk because of me. If I wasn't involved, they wouldn't be talking to each other. And Russia would continue to, you know, go through Ukraine because they are going through, Brian, they've taken a lot of land, and Russia would continue to march through Ukraine,
Trump responded, dodging the direct question about which nation is to blame for starting the war He's been at a meetings for three years, and nothing got done,