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I think he (Putin) should make a deal." ... I don't know." ... Russia should want to make a deal. Maybe they want to make a deal. I think, from what I hear, Putin would like to see me. And we'll meet as soon as we can. I'd meet immediately. Soldiers are being killed on the battlefield,
Talking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, the president said ... When asked if he thinks that sanctions on Russia will force Putin to negotiate, he said ... he said That battlefield is like no battlefield since World War II... and I have pictures that you don't want to see. Soldiers are being killed on a daily basis at numbers that we haven't seen in decades. It would be nice to end that war. It's a ridiculous war,
He's (Volodymyr Zelenskyy) ready to negotiate a deal. He'd like to stop. He's somebody that lost a lot of soldiers. So did Russia. Russia lost more soldiers, they lost 8,00,000 soldiers,
I think he (Putin) should make a deal. ... I don't know.
Talking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, the president said ... When asked if he thinks that sanctions on Russia will force Putin to negotiate, he said Russia is not the Gaza Strip. And starting a dialogue with ultimatums is not the most far-sighted move on the part of a leader claiming to be a peacemaker. Moscow will never agree to any deals dictated by blackmail and threats,
It confirms that his level of understanding of the causes, current state and prospects for resolving the Ukrainian crisis is approximately at the same level as his understanding of the course and outcome of World War II,
Kosachyov said in a statement Trump could have afforded to take his time (on Ukraine), but he has decided not to drag things out and is slowly starting to apply pressure (on Russia),
Gallyamov wrote on his blog Is that any way to talk to great Russia?,
an angry Solovyov told his listeners We carefully record all the nuances. We remain ready for dialogue, President Putin has repeatedly spoken about this — for equal dialogue, for mutually respectful dialogue,
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters We do really welcome such strong messages from President Trump and we believe that he will be the winner. And we believe that we have an additional chance to get a new dynamic in diplomatic efforts to end this war,
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said during a discussion Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Reuters reported Russia is ready for an equal and careful dialogue with the United States, which we had during Trump's first term. We are waiting for signals that have not yet been received."
We do not see any particular new elements here,
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian media Thursday We can do it the easy way, or the hard way — and the easy way is always better,
But Russia already prevented from selling anything in U.S. So this threat of 'Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions' seems empty. If Trump wants to put pressure on Putin, he needs to ramp up support for Ukraine. Otherwise it's just weak rhetoric from Trump which Putin will ignore."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Bill Kristol, the director of Defending Democracy Together, wrote We do not see any particularly new elements here. You know that Trump, in the first iteration of his presidency, was the American president who most often resorted to sanctions methods – he likes these methods, or at least he liked them during his first presidency,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, referring to Mr Trump’s spell in office from 2017-21 And threatening us with ultimatums, scaring us with tariffs is empty talk, this does not work with Russia. If Trump decided to speak to Russia in the language of ultimatums, then he chose a mistaken and dead-end strategy,
And so, of course, we very closely follow all the rhetoric, all the statements. We carefully note all the nuances,
If we don't make a 'deal,' and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of taxes, tariffs, and sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries,
The EU's message to the US is clear, we must do more for our own defense and shoulder a fair share of responsibility for Europe's security,
President Trump is right to say that we don't spend enough. It's time to invest,
Kallas said in a speech in Brussels
