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President Putin ... agreed with Trump that a long-term settlement could be reached through peace negotiations,
Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in his readout of the call, which he said lasted almost one-and-a-half hours I want to thank President Putin for his time and effort with respect to this call, and for the release, yesterday, of Marc Fogel, a wonderful man that I personally greeted last night at the White House,
Trump added of the release in his Truth Social post earlier Wednesday I believe this nation views Putin and Russia as a great competitor in the region, at times an adversary,
Leavitt said when asked how President Donald Trump views Russia and Putin I just had a lengthy and highly productive phone call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia,
the president wrote on Truth Social Millions of people have died in a War that would not have happened if I were President, but it did happen, so it must end. No more lives should be lost
We are going to have all this money in there, and I say I want it back. And I told them that I want the equivalent, like $500 billion worth of rare earth,
The United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement,
I think that getting Mark Fogel out was critical and the Russians were very, very helpful in that effort and very accommodating,
Witkoff said, speaking to reporters at the White House I feel like the luckiest man on Earth right now,
Fogel said as he stood next to Trump at the White House late Tuesday The Russian President supported one of the main theses of the head of the American state that the time has come for our countries to work together,
the Kremlin spokesperson said I have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and Ambassador and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, to lead the negotiations which, I feel strongly, will be successful."
Posting on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations,
We both reflected on the Great History of our Nations, and the fact that we fought so successfully together in World War II, remembering, that Russia lost tens of millions of people, and we, likewise, lost so many!"
Trump added in his Truth Social post of his call with Putin We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations. We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now,
I believe this effort will lead to a successful conclusion, hopefully soon!"
the US president concluded Look she won. The president gets his choice to a degree. You know, the Senate can advise and consent, but she's the right candidate. Another win."
I am hopeful that the results of that meeting will be positive. It is time to stop this ridiculous War, where there has been massive, and totally unnecessary, DEATH and DESTRUCTION. God bless the people of Russia and Ukraine
They want to get on Donald Trump's good side,
I just spoke to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The conversation went very well. He, like President Putin, wants to make PEACE,
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform And all the left can do again is scream about Elon Musk. It does seem like their eyes are not on the prize at all."
The congressman continued