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Things definitely went a bit cool in Washington after Sandringham. We told them that the King makes his own decisions about who he meets,
a Whitehouse insider told the MailOnline
We've all been worried about you and thinking about your country for so long
At the time, the King told himTrump has generated more partisan division than there would otherwise have been. But the issue is not yet entirely split along partisan lines,
Tama said
Many Republicans have used their own political capital to help Ukraine and are rightfully frustrated that President Zelensky seemed unwilling to help himself in that meeting,
said Shedd, now a fellow at the Atlantic Council
Don't take the bait."
Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican ally of Trump, saidIt wasn't at all inevitable that Ukraine would become a divisive political issue,
said Jordan Tama, an American University associate professor who has researched the effects of US polarization on foreign policyMore foreign policy issues are polarized along partisan lines than used to be the case,
he saidRepublican voters in particular have had long grievances with the US government spending billions of dollars overseas while not addressing the problems they face at home,
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I've seen good leadership from both Keir Starmer and [French] president Macron on this and they should both be congratulated.
Sir Keir's handling of the Ukraine crisis was yesterday praised by former Tory defence secretary Ben Wallace, who said
Hope is the most important thing in this type of conflict and, at the moment, Donald Trump is suffocating the hope that Putin can be either fought to a standstill or indeed brought to the table
He addedTrump will make history as the leader who stopped the war — but at the cost of Ukraine,
Taruta said
What Trump wanted was to confirm Ukraine was ready for negotiations and to sign the deal. He also wanted to show he’s not [President Joe] Biden — he’s not giving anything for free,
Taruta said
We will help you, definitely, but you need to go back to the United States and talk to them and say sorry. … We simply don’t have the ability to replace all assistance you have from them.”
There, despite a public show of warmth, partners warned ZelenskyIt was a cold shower for him in London,
the lawmaker added, referring to Zelensky’s subsequent trip to BritainI actually think [Putin is] doing what anybody else would do,
Trump told reporters at the White House Friday afternoonYou can clearly see that he tried and tries to bridge the gap,
another Ukrainian official saidPutin cannot be trusted, and I don’t understand Trump’s political strategy,
he addedForcing us to surrender would be a deep wound for every Ukrainian,
he said
He was absolutely right in form and substance when he tried to convey to our American partners the key idea: nothing will be done without coercion of Russia. It is impossible to achieve positive results by counting on voluntary concessions from Moscow. Without coercion of Russia, there can be no peace negotiations. Our president tirelessly explains to our partners what this war is and who provoked it...So we will not apologize for a supposed mistake that did not take place,
Podolyak said
Ukrainians perceive the rhetoric of the new US government as an attack on all of Ukraine and all Ukrainians. Of course, the statements that Ukraine allegedly 'provoked' Russia or is responsible for the invasion, that Russia should not be called an 'aggressor' at all, conducting negotiations without Ukraine's participation, the US voting 'against' the resolution at the UN, and so on are completely at odds with Ukrainian public opinion."
Anton Hrushetskyi, executive director of KIIS, in the poll report