FIRSTPOST: United States President Donald Trump is reportedly seeking to lift some sanctions against Russia in what would be a major diplomatic and economic move towards more friendly ties with Moscow.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) called President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance cowards and puppets after their meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky devolved into a tense shouting match.
The first contacts with the new American administration give us some hope,” the Russian president said in televised comments on Thursday.
But the excesses surrounding Trump’s return to office are bringing to light a more pointed set of comparisons, as explained by Jonathan Rauch in The Atlantic: Today, it is clear that what has happened since January 20 is not just a change of administration but a change of regime — a change,
In the Kemerovo region, where coal mining is an economic mainstay, eight mines have suspended operations as they struggle with debt, plummeting demand and the impact of sanctions, according to business newspaper Kommersant.
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance got into a heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the Oval Office that was intended to kick off negotiations on a deal over Ukraine’s rare earth minerals.
Chris Christie (R), once a close ally of Donald Trump, suggested Sunday that the president must now recognize how his stance on Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, is perceived. Speaking on ABC’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos — following Trump’s Oval Office berating of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday — Christie said: “What we need to understand is,
Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe? The question was famously attributed to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and refers to the historical inability of the political entity of Europe to coordinate on
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted a New York Times reporter as a “left-wing stenographer” after he compared President Donald Trump to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on press freedoms.