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Yeah, I would say that, you know, when you want a seat at the table… Wouldn’t the people of Ukraine have to say like, ‘It’s been a long time since we’ve had an election?’
Trump said
If they want to do that, that’s great, I’m all for it,
Trump saidThey were very good. Russia wants to do something, they want to stop the savage barbarism,
he said
No decision can be made without Ukraine on how to end the war in Ukraine,
Zelenskyy told reporters in Turkiye, where he held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoganI think he wants to stop the fighting.
He told reporters on Sunday
No, Putin is a war criminal
Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker told CNN when asked whether Putin can be trusted during negotiationsWe have zero intelligence that Putin is interested in a real peace deal right now.
A congressional official backed Wicker's comments, telling NBCThe really worrying fact is that Trump has taken Russia from pariah to prize partner in the time span of just a few days. That comes at a price,
said Brett Bruen, a former foreign policy adviser in the Obama administration
The Kremlin has been normalized in bilateral diplomacy that excludes Ukraine and NATO and they gave up nothing to get that,
he told ReutersPresident Trump has built a strong team that is already demonstrating his peace through strength agenda in action,
said Brian Hughes, spokesman for the White House National Security CouncilPutin will not stop at Ukraine,
Darius Jauniškis, director of Lithuania's State Security Department, told ReutersWhat we can trust the Russians to do, is to do anything to their advantage, to take temporary steps."
When asked about Trump's comment that he believeIt's certainly not ideal that Ukraine was not in the room, though I believe they'll be at future such meetings,
she saidWe have a situation where we haven’t had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law,
Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort
That’s not a Russia thing; that’s something that’s coming from me.”
Apparently sensitive to criticism that he parrots Russian propaganda in his statements on the war, Trump insistedToday I heard, ‘Oh well, we weren’t invited,
the president said, referring to Ukraine’s complaints that it’s not been allowed to take part in the nascent peace processI think I have the power to end this war, and I think it's going very well,
Trump said
I'm very disappointed, I hear that they're upset about not having a seat,
Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida when asked about the Ukrainian reactionI know France was willing to do that, and I thought that was a beautiful gesture,
added Trump, sayingYou have leadership now that's allowed a war to go on that should have never even happened, even without the United States,
Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida Tuesday –