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What is needed is an immediate summit between the United States, the European states and the allies to talk frankly about how we intend to face the great challenges of today, starting with Ukraine, which we have defended together in recent years.”
The Italian prime minister said We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the aggressor,
No one appears prepared for the level of aggression the US is going to display. It will be their way or it will be no way at all.”
As one Trump insider ominously warned Don’t take Trump’s comments at face value or not. He could just be softening Starmer for another reason,
You never know what you're going to get with Trump,
It’ll be a tough deal to make, because the attitudes have to change,
I think it’s disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office, litigating in front of the American media,
You’re in no position to dictate what we’re going to feel. We’re going to feel very good and very strong.”
You’ve got to be more thankful, because, let me tell you, you don’t have the cards. With us, you have the cards, but without us, you don’t have any cards,
said Trump, suggesting that I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations,
Trump wrote in a TruthSocial post just before the leader’s SUV pulled back into the West Wing portico to ferry him away Let’s go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you’re wrong,
I don’t know if we can ever do business with Zelenskyy again,
You have to be thankful,
Trump told Zelenskyy, expressing frustration Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people,
Going in, everyone was expecting the exact opposite of what happened in the Oval,
I see no U.S. interest advanced by this blow-up. I see Putin’s interest advanced by this blow up,
said Daniel Fried, a former assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs in the Bush and Obama administrations and now a fellow at the Atlantic Council I’m not aligned with anybody,
Trump said after things spun out of control, suggesting You’ve done enough talking. You’re not winning this,
Trump said, raising his voice to Zelenskyy I think the US will have a lot of work to do to convince people that our word is good and that we are actually a nation of normal people again,
You're gambling with World War III, and what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that's backed you far more than a lot of people say they should have,