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My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the USA ... I never thought I would have to say something like this
Similarly, the incoming German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has said What does that mean?”
And asked about the albatross of Australian defence and security policy, the Aukus submarine pact, last week, Trump responded The United States has been trying to convince countries that when you do deals with China, that China could betray you,
Trump's language you can interpret in a million different ways,
The president has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution,
said an official, speaking on the condition of anonymity Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskiy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the US – Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking
You don't have the cards."
Vance accused Zelensky of ingratitude for billions of dollars in US assistance and Trump threw a spotlight on the US ally's weakness, telling him angrily This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer! It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing,
Writing on his own social media platform Truth Social, the US president said ... Trump wrote on social media on Monday, a day after the Ukrainian leader discussed possible peace efforts with 18 mostly European counterparts in London I think that's going to be very bad for nascent democracies around the world, for democratic movements and for human rights. So I think this is a really profound shift in the international global order,
We are shocked that you treated Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the same way,
These guarantees are unconditional: there is not a single word suggesting that such assistance should be considered an economic exchange,
For over 11 years, they have been dying on the front in the name of these values and the independence of their homeland, which has been attacked by Putin’s Russia. We do not understand how the leader of a country that symbolises the free world could fail to see this,
Prosecutors and judges working on behalf of the all-powerful communist party police also told us that they held all the cards while we had none,
We watched your conversation with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy with horror and distaste,
We consider your expectations regarding showing respect and gratitude for the material assistance provided by the United States to Ukraine in its fight with Russia to be offensive,
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