Quotes
I don't really care what happens in Ukraine one way or the other."
Speaking on a podcast in 2022, he said Putin told you he wants a deal only because he is afraid of you, because you are strong,
Zelensky told Trump, ... according to the sources Zelensky's message to Trump was 'you have leverage over Putin,'
one source briefed on the call said I need to talk to Putin in order to save Ukraine,
Trump told Zelensky, ... according to the sources Another key guarantee is serious investment in Ukraine’s defense industry. I also warned world leaders against trusting Putin’s claims of readiness to end the war,
The presidents of Russia and the U.S. have talked at last. This is very important in and of itself.”
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chair of Russia’s National Security Council, said in an online statement To us, the position of the current [U.S.] administration is much more appealing,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday We, as an independent country, simply will not be able to accept any agreements without us,
Zelenskyy told reporters as he visited a nuclear plant on his way to the Munich Security Conference, where he plans to meet Friday with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio Great talks with Russia and Ukraine yesterday. Good possibility of ending that horrible, very bloody war!!!”
Trump said, in all caps on his Truth Social media platform on Thursday I’m backing Ukraine, but I do want security for our money,
On Wednesday, after talking with Putin and Zelenskyy, he said We are part of Europe, and they have helped a lot,
We’ll believe those words for today,
He [Trump – ed.] understands that we are number one in the world or one of the first [in terms of drone technology],
I don't think it was a matter of priority that he [Trump – ed.] talked to Russia first. Although it's really not very nice."
I warned many times that Trump will favor Russia in negotiations between Zelensky and Putin… The harm to U.S. security interests will extend well beyond Central Europe, as our adversaries in the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific can plainly see,
Putin would likely agree only to meaningless guarantees — ones that could not be effectively invoked if Russia were to launch another attack,
Sergey Radchenko, a Russia expert and professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, wrote in an op-ed for The Moscow Times Would Trump agree to such a framework? If he did, it would amount to a betrayal of Ukraine, and would leave the country defenseless against future aggression,
God bless the people of Russia and Ukraine!”
Trump ended his second post about his call with Zelensky with the remarkable switcheroo of
