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Make no mistake: President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into 'Uncle Sucker.'
Speaking to reporters at NATO headquarters, Hegseth said I don’t know who wrote the speech — it is the kind of thing Tucker Carlson could have written, and Carlson is a fool,
Senator Roger Wicker, the Republican who leads the Pentagon's main oversight committee in the Senate, told Politico, referring to the conservative media personality who was once a Fox News host I think that was clumsy. I think that was a mistake,
Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said, also criticizing Trump We don't need members of the cabinet, President Trump's cabinet, to be defining those in the public,
Turner said on CNN on Friday I surely did, yes."
Asked whether he spent a lot of political capital getting Hegseth, a military veteran and former Fox News personality, confirmed, Wicker said Roger's a very good friend of mine, and, Pete is obviously, he's been doing a great job,
I thought his comments were good yesterday, and they're probably good today,
There can be no negotiation about Ukraine without Ukraine. And Ukraine's voice must be at the heart of any talks."
U.K. Defence Secretary John Healey told reporters at NATO headquarters To say that it's the biggest and most robust alliance in history is true, historically speaking. But the real question is, will that still be the case in 10 or 15 years?"
French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu said The system can use Ukrainian missiles to shoot down Russian missiles and drones. It can complement Ukraine's existing air defense system, which includes anti-aircraft guns,
a British Ministry of Defence spokesperson said in Brussels The United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement."
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said To be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will not be U.S. troops deployed to Ukraine,
Crimea, realistically speaking, won't come back to Ukraine. That's going to be part of the brokered deal. I think we're going to have to once again reinforce that idea; we're going to secure Ukraine as an ally like we did in the original peace talks."
He wants peace" ... What can I bring to the table?"
McCormick went on to praise Trump as "obviously a strong president," adding Obviously, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has totally different ideas. If you listen to his rhetoric, it's something out of Peter the Great. You can see the books on the shelf literally speaking for him where he talks about even what Catherine the Great talked about, 'I can only secure my borders by expanding them.'
I've been to Ukraine. I've actually met with [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy and actually talked about the options that they had on the table, what they were willing to accept."
In my view it would have been better to speak about a possible Nato membership for Ukraine or possible losses of territory at the negotiating table,
There will be a bilateral Russian-American track of this dialogue, and a track that will be related to Ukraine’s involvement,
said Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson Why are we giving them [Russia] everything that they want even before the negotiations have been started?”
Kallas, a former Estonian prime minister said The previous US administration held the view that everything needed to be done to keep the war going. The current administration, as far as we understand, adheres to the point of view that everything must be done to stop the war and for peace to prevail,
