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South Korea opposes being sidelined in potential Washington-Pyongyang talks, but realistically speaking, there is little reason for Trump to heed Seoul's demands to play a key role,
There’s no guarantee that Trump, viewing diplomacy as transactional, won’t treat South Korea the same way,
The breakdown of the meeting highlights a fundamental clash of interests. Trump’s goal is to pressure Zelenskyy into ending the war quickly and halting U.S. assistance, while Zelenskyy also has to navigate political challenges at home,
said Doo Jin-ho, a senior researcher at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA). As the South Korea-U.S. alliance remains the cornerstone for deterring North Korea’s nuclear threats, maintaining its stability will likely require Seoul to meet certain U.S. demands, such as increasing investments in America,
But most importantly, South Korea must strengthen its own defense capabilities,
Through this meeting, Trump laid bare his intention to not tolerate what he perceives as 'free-riding' — even from allies who depend on U.S. support without contributing enough themselves,
Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?”
What we don’t have right now is President Zelensky saying, ‘I am ready to take the steps necessary and have the conversations necessary and make the compromises necessary to end the fighting,
We’re ready to have those conversations. We had it with the Russians in Riyadh,
Waltz said, referring to last month’s US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia I know foreign policy is not for the faint of heart, but right now, I am sick to my stomach,
We’re going to have a broad discussion on what’s next,
We are not gonna stop to make movements to try and stop to end the war,
the administration official told CNN But it would be extremely helpful if Zelensky expressed an openness to go somewhere other than where we are today,
Obviously when you’re trying to assess how to move forward, you won’t exclude options. All options are a matter of discussion,
According to my assessment this was not a spontaneous reaction to what Zelensky was saying but clearly a deliberate escalation,
Merz told a press conference in Berlin The mineral deal is not enough on its own.
But the British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said Monday It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S.
This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer!"
Trump wrote, using an alternate spelling of Zelenskiy Ukraine's Zelenskyy says end of war with Russia is 'very, very far away.'
On his Truth Social platform, Trump posted an Associated Press story headlined 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,
Waltz said, referring to the clash on Friday between Trump and Vance and Zelenskyy
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