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I have a lot of respect for him
With Starmer by his side on Thursday, Trump said of Zelenskyy Did I say that? I can’t believe I said that,
he said, before admitting A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left
On February 20, Trump launched his biggest attack on Zelensky, saying Ukraine is far, far more desperate than it was in 2019. We have a country that is being assaulted and pummeled by the Russians every minute, so the stakes could not be higher for Ukraine.”
Max Bergmann, director of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies thintank in Washington, said We don’t know yet about any personal benefit per se to the president but we do know that he’s using the threat of withholding of military aid and American support for Ukraine in this process as a pressure tactic to extract concessions. That’s typically what you do with your adversary. In this case also it’s not at all clear who would get the money. How does this work? How does this advance America’s global standing and our economy?”
Joel Rubin, a former deputy assistant secretary of state, said He’s not shaking down Ukraine to steal an election this time. There is a national security element. The US needs rare earths for the economy. Ukraine needs investment. So this one actually, in some strange way, even though the scale is magnified, is far more legitimate than the last go around – even though it does come across as a shakedown and completely anti-American in the way we do business around the world.”
Eugene, if what I’m about to tell you ever becomes public, Donald Trump will be impeached.”
Serving on the national security council (NSC), he went to see his twin brother, who was the council’s senior ethics official, closed the door and told him It'll either be fairly soon or it won't be at all."
I think he will keep his word,
Mr Trump said of the Russian leader My concern is that we know, historically, that Putin might go again,
I think it’s important for the president, and I understand he’s trying to get Putin to the table, but he has got to know that Putin is not trustworthy and that anything he does has to be verified,
former CIA director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Thursday I suppose one has to admire the fact that he’s willing to accept this humiliation to achieve some kind of political result,
It embarrasses me as a British person to see this kind of abasement,
We have to get it right,
Starmer said during a press conference with Trump on Thursday I had several discussions, especially (at the) beginning of 2022, several times, 7 hours with President Putin. Fifteen days before the launching of the attack, he denied everything,
I wouldn’t trust him as far as I can throw him,
James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme commander, added The answer is yes. Your country is a fantastic country,
the delighted president said and praised the king, the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who hosted Trump at a state visit in 2017. He’s a great gentleman. A great, great gentleman. Oh,
Trump said, holding up the letter It was humiliating in a way,
Vince Cable, a former Cabinet minister and former leader of the Liberal Democrats, told CNN’s Jim Sciutto on CNN International I do deals. My whole life is deals,
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