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Yeah, 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
If they want to do that, that’s great, I’m all for it,
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 Erdogan
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 –
I think he wants to stop the fighting.
He told reporters on Sunday
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 CouncilPutin 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 TuesdayWhat 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 believeIt's certainly not ideal that Ukraine was not in the room, though I believe they'll be at future such meetings,
she 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
We have a situation where we haven’t had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law,
Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resortToday I heard, ‘Oh well, we weren’t invited,
the president said, referring to Ukraine’s complaints that it’s not been allowed to take part in the nascent peace processRussia 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.”
While addressing reporters at the White House, Trump said
It is completely premature and the completely wrong time to be having this discussion now.”
He told reporters
It was a very serious conversation on all the questions we wanted to touch upon."
Russia's lead negotiator told reporters after the talks
Under whatever guise they appear there, this is a step towards escalation.
And his deputy Alexander Grushko added