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He [Trump] did it simply to try and show some kind of balance, given the things he said about Zelensky and the Ukrainians. … I think Putin completely understood the threat was totally hollow."
John Bolton, a former national security adviser, said on CNN The business about being a dictator, that Zelensky is a mediocre comedian - I was on the phone, I heard Putin basically say exactly that."
They're kind of big guys - and Trump would like to be a big guy too."
Trump thinks he and Putin are friends. That's not what Putin thinks."
We don't see what Russia is preparing to do with its territory anymore ... You hear the noise and feel the enemy, but you cannot see it."
Asked about the US's withdrawal of satellite imagery services to Ukraine, he added Russians are extremely inspired by recent statements of Trump that he's leaving Europe, he's going to remove sanctions against Russia, cutting Ukrainian intelligence and also supplies,
Omelyan told BBC 5 Live Breakfast The Secretary [of State] underscored President Trump is determined to end the war as soon as possible and emphasised that all sides must take steps to secure a sustainable peace."
Quote from the US Department of State I actually think he is doing what anybody else would do,
he said, referring to Vladimir Putin and the intense Russian bombing In terms of getting a final settlement, it may be easier dealing with Russia, which is surprising because they have all the cards,
Because I have to know that they want to settle. I don’t know that they want to settle. If they don’t want to settle, we’re out of there.”
Asked why he would not provide air defences to the US ally in the face of Putin’s renewed aerial bombardment, Trump said Next week, on Monday my visit to Saudi Arabia is planned to meet the crown prince,
Zelenskyy wrote on the Telegram messaging app We will not enter any direct negotiations with the U.S. so long as they continue their maximum pressure policy and their threats,
Araghchi said in an interview with AFP on Friday I don't think at this moment the U.S. government is thinking it wants to bomb Iranian oil installations,
This was bound to be a much more aggressive policy than what we've seen,
We are going to keep the US (dollar) the dominant reserve currency in the world, and we will use stablecoins to do that,
I also want to express my strong support for the efforts of lawmakers in Congress as they work on bills to provide regulatory certainty for dollar-backed stablecoins and the digital assets market. They’re working very hard on that.”
Addressing the gathering of crypto executives, Trump said From this day on, America will follow the rule that every bitcoin investor knows very well: never sell your bitcoin,
Unfortunately, in recent years, the US government has foolishly sold tens of thousands of additional bitcoins that were worth billions and billions of dollars had they not sold them,
We say we believe because no one knows for sure, we never had a proper audit,
I thought it was very important that we stay in the front of this one,
Trump said at the first-ever White House “Crypto Summit.”
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