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I don’t have any details for you this morning, other than to say that we stand ready to follow the president’s lead on this and begin to explore ways, if those opportunities present itself, to begin a process towards peace,
But any role in helping to guarantee Ukraine’s security is helping to guarantee the security of our continent and the security of this country,
There’s no time set, but it could be very soon,
Trump told reporters on Sunday ahead of talks between US and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia Now, obviously, it has to be followed up by action. So, the next few weeks and days will determine whether it’s serious or not,
Rubio said in an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation They have a big powerful machine, you understand that. They defeated Hitler and they defeated Napoleon. They’ve been fighting a long time,
Trump told reporters after a flight on Air Force One It’ll be soon; we’ll see what happens,
Trump added when asked if a meeting could happen this month We cannot allow any divisions in the alliance to distract from the external enemies we face,
Nothing's been finalised yet,
What I expect you to see, sir, is action as early as next week that is going to shock people about how good it is for Americans,
Hassett told Trump from the Oval Office on Friday On trade, I have decided for purposes of fairness that I will charge a reciprocal tariff , meaning whatever countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them, no more, no less. In other words, they charge us a tax or tariff, and we charge them the exact same tax or tariff, very simple,
Trump said at the White House of the tariff plan We have more energy than any other country, and now we are unleashing it,
Trump said Friday from the Oval Office when he signed an executive order establishing the energy council Next week, there's a meeting in Saudi Arabia,
Trump told the media during a press conference on Thursday We're going to have a friendly meeting, very good. We have a lot of good things going on. But he asked to come and see me, and I just accepted his asking,
But I don't want to prejudge that,
I don’t think in geopolitics anyone should trust anyone.”
On whether the U.S. should trust Putin’s intentions to pursue peace, Rubio said We have to understand right now there is no process,
I do not know what it is,
News of the upcoming peace talks has rattled Ukrainian officials, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying I think President Trump will know very quickly whether this is a real thing or whether this is an effort to buy time, but I don’t want to prejudge that.”
Well, we didn’t go into any details. What we discussed is basically the ability to begin communicating.”
When asked if the U.S. would consider lifting sanctions on Russia he said When he ran in his campaign and was elected as president,