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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, while speaking with X owner Elon Musk on the billionaire’s social media site on Aug. 12, said Russia wouldn't have invaded Ukraine if U.S. President Joe Biden weren't in office. Musk told Trump he's made "an excellent point." Musk officially endorsed Trump on the same day GOP nominee was shot at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Musk had planned to host Donald Trump for an interview “Live on X” (formerly Twitter Spaces) at 8 p.m. ET. However, the social media platform experienced glitches, preventing many users from listening to the interview. Musk...
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Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance repeatedly disparaged Ukraine and voiced his unwillingness to continue U.S. support in leaked text messages with far-right conspiracy theorist Charles Johnson, the Washington Post reported on Aug. 7. According to the texts, which Johnson shared with the Washington Post, Vance said in October 2023, "Dude I won't even take calls from Ukraine." The exchange came as congressional Republicans began blocking an aid package for Ukraine, an impasse that continued for several months. "Two very senior guys reached out to me. The head of their intel. The he...
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Kellyanne Conway, a former official in the administration of ex-President Donald Trump, has registered as a lobbyist on behalf of Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk's philanthropic foundation, foreign lobbying disclosures revealed. Conway served as senior counselor to Trump from 2017 to 2020, departing from her position ahead of the 2020 presidential election. During her time in the administration, Conway was embroiled in a series of controversies. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel advised in 2019 that she be dismissed for repeatedly violating the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees f...
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“Trump will end the Ukraine war.” This message greeted the audience just before U.S. Senator J.D. Vance emerged to accept his party’s nomination for the vice presidency. With Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump aiming to retake the presidency after the November elections, his stance on Ukraine and Russia dominates discussion about the war. A key conversation occurred when President Volodymyr Zelensky called Trump to wish him well after an attempt on Trump’s life and to congratulate him on being the Republican nominee. Trump later posted on social media that he would “bring peace to ...
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Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on his own initiative, Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said on July 22. The two met in Washington during the Republican National Conference on July 16. Having discussed Russia's war against Ukraine with Trump, Johnson wrote later that he is "more convinced than ever that (Trump) has the strength and the bravery to fix it, to save Ukraine, to bring peace." According to Stefanishyna, the former U.K. prime minister is acting on his own initiative but with the best interest of Ukraine in mind bec...
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Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised Republican nominee Donald Trump's chances to end the Russian war in Ukraine in a July 19 opinion for Daily Mail. The opinion was published days after Johnson and Trump met in Washington on July 16, during the Republican National Conference, where Trump was officially nominated as the party’s candidate in the upcoming presidential election. Johnson wrote that Trump “won the November presidential election” by showing his strength of character when he pumped his fist to his supporters moments after being shot at during a rally on July 13. He said t...
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Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump described the authoritarian leaders of Russia and China in glowing terms at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 20. The speech marked Trump's first campaign event since he survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 14. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are "smart, tough," leaders who "love their country," Trump said during the course of a lengthy speech. The comments are similar to remarks Trump made shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukra...
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Ukraine is on its way to being able to "stand on its own feet militarily" as Western countries continue expand support for Kyiv, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on July 19. The Republican nominee in the U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump, has repeatedly pledged to end the war within 24 hours, which could, according to some reports, include forcing Ukraine to cede territory. Trump has also criticized aid for Ukraine in the past, and his sway over the Republican Party contributed to delays in U.S. assistance earlier this year. Secretary Blinken stated that U.S. aid to Ukraine h...
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President Volodymyr Zelensky and former U.S. President Donald Trump are scheduled to speak over the phone on July 19, CNN reported on July 18, citing two sources with knowledge of the planned call. Trump on July 18 accepted the Republican party's nomination to run for president in the 2024 U.S. election. The call would be the first conversation between Zelensky and Trump after Trump left office in 2021. The sources said that plans for a call between Zelensky and Trump have been in the works for some time. One source cautioned that schedules can often change. Zelensky is currently visiting the ...
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Working with Donald Trump if he is re-elected U.S. president would be "hard work, but we (Ukrainians) are hard workers," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with BBC on July 18. Despite public disagreements with Trump about his plan to bring the war to an immediate end if he wins in November that reportedly involves ceding territory to Russia, Zelensky told the BBC he ready to work with whoever is elected U.S. president to defeat Russia. “Maybe he really doesn’t care, but we have to work with the United States,” Zelensky said. Zelensky's comments mirror remarks made by Defense Mi...
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