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This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelensky, and America will not put up with it for much longer,
Trump posted on his Truth Social website
It is what I was saying, this guy doesn't want there to be Peace as long as he has America's backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelensky, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S.
Trump saidWe have to talk to the British and French whether their nuclear protection could also be extended to us
Merz, who is currently trying to get the outgoing Bundestag to vote through a constitutional change that would allow Germany to dramatically boost defence spending, said
We could see the end of NATO and the start of what might be called the European Treaty Organisation, ETO.
Admiral James Stavridis, who served as the NATO's Europe commander from 2009-2013, told CNN
We also had the NATO Secretary-General on the phone with the president before President Zelensky came
Waltz addedWell, I just think you should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin,
he said, before repeating a falsehood about levels of American aidWe welcome the Europeans taking a lead in European security,
he told reporters at the White House and even praised Sir Keir and MacronProbably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia
He added in what appeared to be an attack on European leadersWe need to be on par with Russia's 1,550 strategic warheads
Maximilian Terhalle, a former Senior Adviser for strategic affairs to Britain's Ministry of Defence and Visiting Professor at the Grand Strategy Programme of King's College London told The Telegraph
We need to reload all freedoms of movement and speech, and have a competitive electoral process,
said Olha Aivazovska, from the electoral reform group the Opora civil network
You would have to prevent me from participating in the elections … You’ll have to negotiate with me,
he said, before suggesting, as he has done previously,First, the legal aspect of ending martial law must happen,
he saidThe only President who gave none of Ukraine’s land to Putin’s Russia is President Donald J. Trump,
he wrote in the post
You got to be more thankful, because, let me tell you, you don’t have the cards,
Trump said
The bitter irony of America’s present predicament is that the very people who cheer for permanent arms shipments to Ukraine also supported the de-industrialization of America,
Vance said in a post on X on SundayWhat we don’t have right now is President Zelensky saying, ‘I am ready to take the steps necessary and have the conversations necessary and make the compromises necessary to end the fighting,
Waltz told Fox NewsI know foreign policy is not for the faint of heart, but right now, I am sick to my stomach,
she wroteWe’re ready to have those conversations. We had it with the Russians in Riyadh,
Waltz said, referring to last month’s US-Russia talks in Saudi ArabiaWe are not gonna stop to make movements to try and stop to end the war,
the administration official told CNNWe’re going to have a broad discussion on what’s next,
Waltz told CNN on Monday