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I want an end to this war just as much as President Trump does, but it must end on terms that bring lasting stability and peace,
President Putin is evil, and he has to be stopped,
said North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, the moderate Republican who kicked off his 2026 reelection campaign in December and has angered GOP hardliners with his progressive politics To the extent that the White House said that Ukraine started the war, I disagree,
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy told The Associated Press A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,
Trump wrote as his rant crescendoed I believe he will be successful and he will achieve this goal in the Trump way.”
The longtime Trump ally added The suspension of elections in Ukraine is a bad deal,
Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn't be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and 'TRUMP,' will never be able to settle. A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left."
Trump responded to Zelenskyy on Truth Social on Wednesday This is outrageous. It's outrageous if not humorous that the president does these sorts of things, goes off on wild tangents and says things that are clearly false,
Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin told reporters The president speaks for himself,
Clearly, Vladimir Putin is responsible for this war,
Republican Senator Thom Tillis told reporters You never should have started it."
Trump brushed off Ukraine's complaints at not being included in negotiations, saying Tuesday I also believe, through bitter experience, that Vladimir Putin is a gangster. He's a gangster with a black heart,
We greatly appreciate the bicameral and bipartisan support of the US Congress to the Ukrainian people in our fight against the Russian aggression
I'm concerned they haven't held an election in a long time and we are funding their government.
I trust President Trump. He's a master negotiator, and I think he's going to get to a lasting peace. I'm not going to get into the tactics. President Trump is going to be able to deliver it."
U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri told reporters I do not agree that President Zelensky is to blame in any way. This was a rogue invasion by Russia."
Maine U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Wednesday Mr. President, Ukraine did not "start" this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives,
Pence said in a post on X, formerly Twitter Today I heard, 'Oh, well, we weren't invited'. Well, you've been there for three years. You should have ended it — three years. You should have never been there. You should have never started it."
On Tuesday, after the U.S. and Russia held discussions in Saudi Arabia without Ukrainian representatives, Trump accused Ukraine of starting the war I would like Trump's team to be more truthful. Because all of this certainly does not have a positive impact on Ukraine. But it does help bring Putin out of isolation."
President Trump, with great respect for him as a leader of the people (...) unfortunately, lives in this disinformation space,
Zelensky said in a news conference on Wednesday
