In just a matter of days, President Donald Trump signaled a new direction in Washington’s approach to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its relationship with NATO. Trump talked this week to Russian President Vladimir Putin directly for the first time since the war began, his Defense Secretary declared Ukraine’s NATO membership and returning its pre-invasion…
WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump says he expects to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia in the near future to discuss an end to his nation’s war on Ukraine. The exact date of the meeting hasn’t been set, Trump said in the Oval Office. Ukraine wasn’t invited. A ceasefire could also be…
President Donald Trump had tough words for both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview that aired Thursday, threating to ratchet up financial pressure on Russia while calling Zelenskyy “no angel.” Trump promised on the campaign trail to quickly ended the war in Ukraine and is trying to force the…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump issued Russian President Vladimir Putin an ultimatum on Wednesday – make a deal with me to end the Ukraine war or pay a hefty economic price. Trump said he’d put all manner of taxes, tariffs and sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States and vaguely threatened…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would impose high tariffs on Russia if President Vladimir Putin does not bring a stop to the “ridiculous” war in Ukraine. “Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE,” Trump said in a post to Truth Social. “If we don’t make a…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him not to escalate the Ukraine war, a source familiar with the conversation told Reuters on Sunday, as President Joe Biden plans to urge Trump not to abandon Kyiv. Trump and Putin spoke in recent days, said the source. Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday. Trump has criticized the scale of U.S. military and financial support…
WASHINGTON − Tech billionaire Elon Musk joined the first phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Trump’s election on Tuesday, media outlets reported, raising questions about his potentially outsized role in the upcoming administration. A spokesperson for Zelenskyy described the call as a positive one based on comments from both…
The impending return of former President Donald Trump to the White House has set off a wave of worry among members of New Jersey’s Ukrainian community, which fears losing the U.S. as a strong ally in the war with Russia. If there was a sliver of optimism after Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s election, it was…
WASHINGTON − Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump and congratulated him on his decisive election win as the Ukrainian leader seeks continued U.S. support for his country’s war against Russia. Zelenskyy, in a post on X, said he had an “excellent call” with Trump and “congratulated him on his…