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For several days the Ukrainians jerked us around with this minerals deal and today was the inflection point,
a senior U.S. official said
With us, you have the cards, but without us, you don’t have any cards. It’ll be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change,
Trump closed
Certainly Zelenskyy could have expressed more gratitude for U.S. support and more openness to pursuing a diplomatic resolution of the war,
said MICHAEL CARPENTER, who was Biden’s senior director for Europe on the National Security CouncilIt’s best when my mom makes it at home all the way in New Hampshire, but Easy Company Wine Bar is a close second,
Emily saidWe won’t tolerate Biden-era bureaucracy preventing our warfighters from doing their job,
National Security Council spokesperson BRIAN HUGHES said in a statementDonald Trump thinks he can break us,
Ford said during his victory speechYou're either going to make a deal, or we're out, and if we're out, you'll fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty,
Trump told Zelenskyy
I said a lot of times thank you to American people."
Zelenskyy, raising his voice, responded
People are dying, you're running low on soldiers,
Trump told Zelenskyy as they engaged in a remarkably blunt argument before reporters in the Oval OfficeI hope I'm going to be remembered as a peacemaker,
Trump saidI have a suspicion that this is idiosyncratic on the spending side in January. At the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if we get real weakness in February and March in view of the decline in consumer confidence,
said Thierry Wizman, global FX and rates strategist at Macquarie in New YorkA big driving force of markets now is uncertainty on a lot of different levels, and this is just another part of that,
said Jack Mcintyre, portfolio manager at Brandywine Global in PhiladelphiaYou see the hatred he’s got for Putin. That’s tough to make a deal with that kind of hate,
Trump said to the reporters, gesturing to Zelenskyy
I think you’re going to have to always make compromises. You can’t do any deals without compromises.”
He also doubled down on hisPutin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal?”
Trump asked, calling the investigation a Democratic scamI hope that this document, first document will be first step to real security guarantees for Ukraine,
the Ukrainian president saidPutin will never stop. And he’ll go further and further,
Zelenskyy said, as tensions started to boil over in the room
What if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now
Trump snapped at a reporter, before offering a vehement, notably sympathetic defence of PutinI really count on your strong position to stop Putin,
Zelenskyy saidWe’re gonna sign the agreement at the conference in the East Room in a little, while right after lunch,
Trump said