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I support it, ... I don't think we're going to have any reason for it."
During Thursday's press conference, Trump, when asked if he supports Article Five of the NATO treaty – which discusses collective defense, specifically that an attack on one member is an attack on all members of the alliance – said ... but added
There is a position on this matter that was expressed by Russian Foreign Minister [Sergei] Lavrov. I have nothing to add to this and nothing to comment on."
However, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday said.jpg)
You heard from the President this morning that, as historically has always been the case, we have each other's backs, and today we've been talking about the deal, how that will be a lasting deal, and coming out of this, our teams will now be talking in detail about that,
Starmer addedLet me start by saying I've been really clear today and previously that I think that European countries, including the United Kingdom, need to step up in our own defense and security. We have been doing that in recent days."
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told reporters in response to a question on a Ukrainian peacekeeping forceYou saw the announcement we made on spending just the other day,
Starmer continuedIf it doesn't happen quickly, it may not happen at all, and we want it for two reasons,
Trump continuedI can see the value in the approach in relation to minerals,
Starmer said in the interview
The stakes, they couldn’t be higher,
Starmer said during a joint news conference with Trump at the White House
I have a lot of respect for him,
Trump said of Zelensky at a press conference Thursday, when asked if he would apologize to Ukraine's leader for calling him a dictatorWe're working very hard to get that war brought to an end. I think we've made a lot of progress,
Trump saidDid I say that? I can’t believe I said that.”
When asked Thursday in the Oval Office if he still believed Zelenskyy is a dictator, Trump replied
We're not getting all of ours [back]. I mean, quite a bit of ours was gifted. It was given. There were some loans, but mainly it was gifted.”
Sir Keir interjected
I don't think anybody's going to play around if we're there with a lot of workers, and having to do with rare earths and other things which we need for our country,
Mr Trump addedI've known him for a long time now. I don't believe he's going to violate his word. I don't think he'll be back when we make a deal,
he addedYou know, they get their money back, we don't get the money back. Biden made a deal. He put in $350 billion and I thought it was a very unfair situation,
Mr Trump saidBut if they need help, I'll always be with the British,
he addedWell, ideally, it should be Russian money,
said economist Alexey Bayer
It’s one thing to freeze assets; it’s another thing to confiscate assets,
said Alexander Cooley, a professor of political science at Barnard CollegeThe strength of the United States is that it makes this or that decision in a centralized manner, which is then consistently implemented,
he saidIn particular, the U.S. has huge stockpiles of weapons, they are a supplier of critically important intelligence information,
he said