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We'd like to see denuclearisation ... and I will tell you President Putin really liked the idea of cutting way back on nuclear. And I think the rest of the world, we would have gotten them to follow, and China would have come along too,
He liked the idea of cutting down... Putin wanted to do it. China would have joined. It would have been an unbelievable thing for the planet,
Our effort to reach a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine are now hopefully underway. It is so important to get that done. Millions of soldiers are getting killed. Millions of Russians and millions of Ukrainians. It has to end,
What they're saying ... Trump said in his video address to Davos attendees We're going to be talking with President Putin very soon, and we'll see what, how it all happens. We're going to look at it.”
Well, we'll look into that. We're talking to Zelensky,
I think Russia's going to be in big trouble,
Easy way or the hard way
Trump squares up to Putin with chilling threat I really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon to get that war ended, and that's not from the standpoint of economy or anything else. It's from the standpoint of millions of lives are being wasted."
In a highly anticipated address via videolink to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said I love Europe, I love the countries of Europe.”
Still, while Trump has previously slammed NATO members for their lackluster defense spending and other perceived ills, on Thursday in his WEF address he seemed to strike a conciliatory tone, saying Well you’re gonna have to ask Russia. Ukraine is ready to make a deal.”
Asked whether he believed the war in Ukraine would end by the time the WEF returned to Davos in a year, Trump said It’s time to end it.”
We do really welcome such strong messages from President Trump and we believe that he will be the winner. And we believe that we have an additional chance to get new dynamic in diplomatic efforts to end this war.”
In remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine’s top diplomat said We have to change the trajectory of the war,
If Ukraine loses then to restore the deterrence of the rest of Nato again, it will be a much, much higher price than what we are contemplating at this moment in terms of ramping up our spending and ramping up our industrial production,
I flew off the couch to get dressed, and, running to the cabinet, I was covered in debris, after which I climbed out and heard my wife screaming.”
Speaking to Reuters as he searched the gutted remains of his apartment, a 35-year-old named Serhiy described the attack, saying These can be Russia’s fintech sector, companies involved in the development of e-ruble, central bank digital currency used as an alternative to the SWIFT international payment system Russia is already cut off from, and cryptocurrency payment systems,
We don’t really see anything new here. Trump often resorted to sanctions when he was president before,
I was very, very happy with the position of Trump to put more sanctions on Russia. We know that the Russian economy is doing terribly bad[ly], and the sanctions will help."
NATO's Secretary-General Mark Rutte told CNBC in Davos, Switzerland But Russia already prevented from selling anything in U.S. So this threat of 'Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions' seems empty. If Trump wants to put pressure on Putin, he needs to ramp up support for Ukraine. Otherwise it's just weak rhetoric from Trump which Putin will ignore."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Bill Kristol, the director of Defending Democracy Together, wrote There are problems, but unfortunately, problems are now the companions of almost all countries of the world,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters
