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In the course of a week, Zelensky rebuffed President Trump’s treasury secretary, his secretary of state and his vice president, all before moving on to personally insulting President Trump in the press,
one official said
We created a monster with Zelensky,
another administration official saidThey only want to talk because of me,
Trump replied
I get tired of listening to it, I’ll tell you what. I’ve seen it enough. And then he complains that he’s not at a meeting that we’re having with Saudi Arabia trying to intermediate a peace,
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But it’s all Russia’s — but that’s Russia’s fault, though, Mr. President,
Kilmeade chimed in before the president continued on, likening Ukraine to a “demolition site” that’s “sort of like Gaza.”But look what you have, you have a man who’s led a country, had the most beautiful cities demolished, had the most beautiful domes, those domes are the most beautiful —,
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The Trump administration] talk about the need to establish peace as soon as possible and do it through negotiations,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists
President Trump is obviously very frustrated right now with President Zelensky
Speaking at a White House briefing on Thursday, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz saidPeace is in the interest of Russia, in the interest of Ukraine, in the interest of Europe,
Later that day, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), he added ... Vance statedI have had very good talks with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, and I have had not such good talks with Ukraine. They don't have any cards, but they play it tough. But we are not going to let this continue,
Trump told a gathering of US governors at the White House on Friday
They haven’t done anything. Macron is a friend of mine, and I have met with the Prime Minister and he’s a very nice guy (but) nobody’s done anything,
Trump saidHe has been there for three years. He makes it very hard to make deals,
the US president addedThey are very brave, in every way you can imagine. But we are spending our treasure on some country that's very, very far away,
Trump said of Ukraine
Some of the rhetoric coming out of Kyiv, frankly, and insults to President Trump were unacceptable,
US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz told a Thursday briefing at the White House
We had a detailed conversation about the battlefield situation, how to return our prisoners of war and effective security guarantees,
Zelenskyy said on social media after the meetingIt's not that we don't care about Ukraine, but Ukraine is on another continent. It doesn't directly impact the daily lives of Americans,
Rubio said
The President of the United States spoke to Zelensky right after hanging up with Putin. I was in the office for both calls. So to say we haven't consulted with them is simply not true,
Rubio saidWe want to be in a joint venture with Ukraine—not because we're trying to take advantage of them, but because we believe it's actually a security guarantee,
Rubio saidThere should be some level of gratitude here,
Rubio saidA Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,
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