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If there is agreement made behind our backs, it simply will not work,
A peace that is a capitulation is bad news for everyone,
We can talk all we want about values. Values are important. But you can’t shoot values. You can’t shoot flags and you can’t shoot strong speeches. There is no replacement for hard power.”
Hegseth also downplayed the relevance of European values to security policy There are any number of formulations, of configurations, but we do care about Ukraine having sovereign independence,
I think that’s how it will have to be,
Why are we giving them [Russia] everything they want even before the negotiations have started? It’s appeasement. It has never worked,
The only question at this point is whether President Putin is sincerely, sustainably … prepared for a ceasefire on that basis,
President Trump could say, look, we don’t want this thing, we might not like this thing, but we’re willing to put it back on the table if the Russians aren’t being good negotiating partners, or there are things that are very important to Ukrainians that we might want to take off the table,
He's going to say, 'Everything is on the table, let's make a deal',
I believe President Putin when I spoke to him yesterday
I thought his comments were good yesterday and probably good today,
Trump said about his defense chief I think there is a deal that is going to come out of this that’s going to shock a lot of people,
I don't see any way that a country in Russia's position could allow ... them to join NATO,
The Ukraine war has to end,
Trump told reporters Thursday There are economic tools of leverage, there are of course military tools of leverage
The president is not going to go in this with blinders on,
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