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The crown prince has been making the argument for the last five years that it's in America's interest that Saudi Arabia maintains very good ties with Russia and China,
said Ali Shihabi, author and commentator on the politics and economics of Saudi Arabia
Trump is a peacemaker in a hurry, with his eye on the Nobel Prize. [The prince] is a dealmaker in a hurry, with his eye on the Saudi Vision 2030 economic diversification plan,
Blumenfeld addedSaudi Arabia was insisting on maintaining a multipolar policy while maintaining very strong ties with the United States,
he told VOAI don't think there are any leaders in the world that have the relationship that the crown prince has with both Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump,
he saidYeah, I would say that, you know, when you want a seat at the table… Wouldn’t the people of Ukraine have to say like, ‘It’s been a long time since we’ve had an election?’
Trump said
No decision can be made without Ukraine on how to end the war in Ukraine,
Zelenskyy told reporters in Turkiye, where he held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoganIf they want to do that, that’s great, I’m all for it,
Trump said
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 –
No, Putin is a war criminal
Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker told CNN when asked whether Putin can be trusted during negotiationsThe really worrying fact is that Trump has taken Russia from pariah to prize partner in the time span of just a few days. That comes at a price,
said Brett Bruen, a former foreign policy adviser in the Obama administration
The Kremlin has been normalized in bilateral diplomacy that excludes Ukraine and NATO and they gave up nothing to get that,
he told ReutersPresident Trump has built a strong team that is already demonstrating his peace through strength agenda in action,
said Brian Hughes, spokesman for the White House National Security CouncilWhat we can trust the Russians to do, is to do anything to their advantage, to take temporary steps."
When asked about Trump's comment that he believePutin will not stop at Ukraine,
Darius Jauniškis, director of Lithuania's State Security Department, told ReutersRussia wants to do something,
Trump told reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, on TuesdayIt's certainly not ideal that Ukraine was not in the room, though I believe they'll be at future such meetings,
she saidRussia wants to do something. They want to stop the barbarianism that's going on over there. Soldiers are being killed by thousands on a weekly basis. Apart from Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, a lot of Koreans have been killed. We want to end it,
he said during a press conference from the White House
Today I heard, ‘Oh, well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you've been there for three years. You should have ended it three years…You should have never started it. You could have made a deal,
AP quoted him as sayingWe not only listened, but also heard each other.”
Lavrov also called the conversation “very useful” and saidThat’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