Trump:

Ukraine is losing land and Putin is not looking for more war.

Fox: Ukraine will have to give up land that they have not lost in war.

Trump: They will lose it.

Fox: The whole Donbas?

Trump: They are losing land.

Zelensky:

We spoke for almost an hour with U.S. Vice President Vance and U.S. Secretary of the Army Driscoll.

We managed to discuss many details of the American side’s proposal for ending the war, and we are working to make the path forward worthy and truly effective for achieving lasting peace.

We agreed that together with America and Europe, we will work at the advisers’ level to make the path to peace truly workable.

Zelensky:

Ukraine has always respected and continues to respect President Trump’s desire to end the bloodshed, and we view every realistic proposal positively.

Putin:

The United States is not discussing a peace plan for Ukraine directly with Russia because Kyiv is against it.

Putin:

Moscow has a copy of Trump’s settlement plan.

Putin:

Russia is ready for negotiations, but it is satisfied with a repeat of the fall of Kupyansk in other sectors of the front.

Putin:

We are ready for peaceful negotiations, but this requires a substantive discussion of all the details of the proposed plan.

Starmer stumbles in South Africa.

Trump’s team, via envoy Steve Witkoff, floated a plan to use Europe’s frozen Russian assets for a U.S.-led Ukraine reconstruction scheme — with America taking 50% of the profits.

European diplomats are furious, warning the proposal could blow up delicate EU talks to use the €140B in frozen Russian assets to fund a loan for Ukraine.

Officials called the plan “scandalous,” “classic Trump,” and even said “Witkoff needs a psychiatrist.”

Source: POLITICO

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Trump on Zohran Mamdani:

I think you will have a really great Mayor.

The better he does, happier I am.

We will be helping him.

Trump on Zohran Mamdani:

I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people.

Reporter to Mamdani: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?

Trump: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.

Trump on Zelensky:

He'll have to like the deal.

And if he doesn't like, they should just keep fighting.

Reporter: The suggestion you made was that if Zelensky doesn't accept the deal, the US will pull back its support for Ukraine.

Trump: At some point he's gonna have to accept something. You remember right in the Oval Office I said, "You don't have the cards."

Reporter: Would you feel comfortable living in New York City under a Mamdani administration?

Trump: Yeah, I would.