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This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelensky, and America will not put up with it for much longer!”
Writing on Truth Social, Trump said The future of Ukraine is vital for our national security,
Starmer said, to cheers across both sides of the chamber We need a leader that can deal with us, eventually deal with the Russians, and end this war,
Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser, told CNN In the near future, all of us in Europe will shape our common positions — the lines we must achieve and the lines we cannot compromise on,
If there is NATO and the war is over, it means I fulfilled my mission,
We need peace, not endless war,
There won't be European troops on Ukrainian soil in the coming weeks."
the president said, adding We see that the collective West has partially begun to lose its collectivity, and a fragmentation of the collective West has begun,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said What happened at the White House on Friday, of course, demonstrated how difficult it will be to reach a settlement trajectory around Ukraine,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said It is very important that someone forces Zelenskyy himself to change his position,
It was not a spontaneous reaction to interventions by Zelenskyy, but obviously a manufactured escalation,
What we need to hear from President Zelenskyy is that he has regret for what happened, he's ready to sign this minerals deal and that he's ready to engage in peace talks,
In the meeting they had with Zelensky, [they] stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the US – probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?”
And in a sideswipe at Sir Keir and other European leaders, he added The plan is clear, we're working, particularly with the French, I've had extensive conversations with president Macron over the last week, intensively over the weekend, talking to Ukraine as well, those are going on at the moment.”
We've entered a new era, one where the United States prefers to align itself with tyrants like Putin rather than its democratic partners. We need to reduce our dependency on the United States because I say with deep regret that I fear that President Trump is not a reliable ally with respect to Russia."
I am committed to it. What we will now do is go through line-by-line the funding and look at our priorities.”
Sir Keir defended the defence spending increase, adding on overseas aid These cuts could, in fact, in the long term, hobble the very leadership that the prime minister has shown this weekend.”
Emily Thornberry, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs select committee, warned The mineral deal is not enough on its own.”
To a later question from Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, Starmer added We must strengthen our relationship with America, for our security, for our technology, for our trade and investment,
We have to avoid the mistakes of the past, which is why a security guarantee is so important, a guarantee that we should lead, but need US backing if it’s to act as a proper guarantee."
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