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It's a great deal for Ukraine, too, because they get us over there,
I've had very good conversations with President Putin. I had very good conversations with President Zelenskyy. And until four weeks ago, nobody had conversations with anybody. It was not even a consideration. Nobody thought you could make peace,
The Ukrainians are good fighters, I have to say, but without the equipment, without our equipment – we have the best military equipment in the world – without our equipment, that would have been over very quickly,
I will not sign what 10 generations of Ukrainians will have to pay back,
he said at a news conference on Sunday Trump said that a decision on the deployment of peacekeeping forces would only be possible with the consent of both sides, apparently referring to us and Ukraine. Nobody has asked us about this,
Well I’m not going to make security guarantees beyond very much. We’re going to have Europe do that.”
Trump, when asked about the specific guarantees he would provide to Ukraine as part of the deal, said What remains of Ukraine must also be freed from racist laws,
If we don’t get security guarantees, we won’t have a ceasefire, nothing will work, nothing,
No, we haven't lifted any sanctions on anybody […] I guess it will be at some point, but right now we [haven't agreed to lift sanctions on anybody].
When asked whether sanctions on Russia were being considered as part of negotiations to resolve the war against Ukraine, Trump responded Over a period of time, a lot of people would have been killed.
He's a very smart guy, he's a very cunning person,
The deal we're making brings us great wealth
We are going to be working over there. We'll be on the land. And you know, in that way, it's sort of automatic security because nobody is going to be messing around with our people when we're there. And so, we'll be there in that way,
I know that the UK has said and France has said that they... volunteered to put so-called peacekeepers on the site [in Ukraine – ed.] and I think that's a good thing,
They say this gives him (Trump) real skin in the game. I think there is real logic to that,
What we're doing is now we're saying, look, we want to be secured,
Of course, neither the president nor the government would ever sign or consider ... a colonial treaty that did not take into account the interests of the state."
The Government of the United States of America supports Ukraine's efforts to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace."
The idea you are going to send a few peacekeepers with berets to reassure the Ukrainians is crass,
But I would like to do it a lot quicker,
