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How the hell are you going to find a way out of the mess if you're not talking
said one individual familiar with Trump's thinking He can't be thrilled, he's not doing so well, ... Russia is bigger, they have more soldiers to lose, but that's no way to run a country."
Trump said of Putin during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office, as reported by CNN, adding He wants the dying to stop...Every side is going to have to give something,
I think Trump is going to call Putin and tell him to end the war. I think Putin will not agree … and I think the Trump team will understand they have to show strength. Show more resolve. And put it all on the table,
Not taxpayer money, but there are various ways to do this, including a lend-lease program, including by Europe seizing the €300 billion in Russian assets and using that money to buy U.S. defense equipment,
Trump, he told me … he will be doing everything to end the war this year. And I told him, ‘we are your partner,'
I think President Zelenskyy has played it extremely well,
Ukrainians don’t know what Trump’s gonna do. But they do know what Biden did.”
Ukraine Freedom Project founder Steven Moore, who spent seven years on Capitol Hill, mostly as chief of staff for former Chief Deputy GOP Whip Peter Roskam, said Trump is a businessman. He knows how to apply pressure,
Zelenskyy told a gathering of reporters Tuesday after delivering a fiery address to the Davos crowd, What we need now is certainty,
said Maksym Timchenko, the chief executive of DTEK, the top private investor in Ukraine’s energy industry It might not be good — but it will be much better than under Biden,
said Mylovanov, a former Ukrainian minister, referring to his country’s fate under Trump Will President Trump even notice Europe?”
Zelensky asked in appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos Europe can’t afford to be second or third in line for its allies,
I have to speak to President Putin. We’re going to have to find out,
This isn’t a situation where one country can secure itself alone. It’s about all of us standing together to mean something,
What I was a bit concerned of when I listened to Trump – he didnʼt mention Ukraine. That's troubling."
Swedish Minister of Economy and Finance Elisabeth Svantesson said Since Mr. Trump repeatedly said he would end the Russia-Ukraine war, we as Turkey will do whatever necessary in this regard. We need to resolve this issue as soon as possible. This issue will be on our agenda with our talks with Mr. Trump, and we would take our steps accordingly. I wish Mr. Trump's second term would bring good for all humanity."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders but refuses to defend American borders, or, more importantly, its own people."
U.S. President Donald Trump said What will we do in Europe tomorrow if our American ally withdraws its warships from the Mediterranean? If they send their fighter jets from the Atlantic to the Pacific?"
Emmanuel Macron told members of the French military on Monday Trump recognizes NATO expansionism triggered the war in Ukraine and blames Biden for the foolish decision - This is great news for peace. Trump moves away from the "unprovoked invasion" narrative that was used to prevent a peaceful settlement and legitimize a long war."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Glenn Diesen, a Norwegian political scientist, wrote
