🇷🇺 The person killed as a result of the car explosion in Balashikha near Moscow was deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Yaroslav Moskalik, the Russian Investigative Committee confirmed

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🇺🇦 Ukraine's idea of diplomacy—terrorism through car bombs.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 Reporter: “China is saying it is fake news that you had a meeting.”

Trump: “They had a meeting this morning.”

Reporter: “Who’s they?”

Trump: “Doesn’t matter who ‘they’ is.”

🐻 Are "they" in the room with us Donald?

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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺 Ukraine and European countries rejected many points of Trump’s peace plan, which was presented by the U.S. during a meeting in Paris, Reuters reports, citing sources.

The outlet provides details of Trump’s peace plan and the amendments proposed by Ukraine and Europe during a recent meeting in London.

Trump’s plan suggests that the U.S. should recognize Crimea de jure and four Ukrainian regions de facto as being under Russian control.
In contrast, the Ukrainian and European document postpones detailed discussions of territorial issues until after a ceasefire agreement is reached, and it does not mention recognizing Russia's control over any Ukrainian territory.

Trump is willing to lift all sanctions on Russia that were imposed since 2014. However, the Ukrainian and European amendments state that sanctions will be "gradually eased after achieving sustainable peace" and could be reinstated if Russia violates the peace agreement.

Regarding Ukraine’s long-term security, Trump’s plan offers that Ukraine would have "reliable security guarantees" from European and other friendly states as guarantors. However, no further details are provided on this issue.

The plan also notes that Ukraine would abandon its NATO membership aspirations.

The Ukrainian-European document proposes that there would be no restrictions on Ukrainian forces and no limitations on the deployment of allied military forces on Ukrainian soil. Reuters believes Russia will oppose this.

The amendments from Ukraine and Europe also suggest security guarantees for Ukraine, including from the U.S., within an "Article 5-like agreement," referencing NATO’s mutual defense clause (i.e., the commitment of guarantor countries to go to war with Russia in the event of a new attack).

The European and Ukrainian document also proposes that Ukraine receive financial compensation for war damage from Russian assets abroad that have been frozen. The U.S. proposal only mentions that Ukraine will receive financial compensation, without specifying the source of funds.

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🇺🇸🤡 Twitter clickbait slop king ignores the fact that India and Pakistan both have roughly the same number of nukes.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦Crimea will stay with Russia - Trump

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🇺🇸💬🇺🇦🇷🇺Trump on Ukraine in his interview with Time:

You said you would end the war in Ukraine on Day One.

Well, I said that figuratively, and I said that as an exaggeration, because to make a point, and you know, it gets, of course, by the fake news [unintelligible]. Obviously, people know that when I said that, it was said in jest, but it was also said that it will be ended.

Well what’s taking so long? When do you think it will be ended?

Well, I don’t think it’s long. I mean, look, I got here three months ago. This war has been going on for three years. It's a war that would have never happened if I was president. It's Biden's war. It’s not my war. I have nothing to do with it. I would have never had this war. This war would have never happened. Putin would have never done it. This war would have never happened. Oct. 6 would have never happened. Oct. 7 would have never happened. Would have never happened. Ever. You then say, what’s taking so long? Do you hear this, Steve? The war has been raging for three years. I just got here, and you say, what's taken so long?

Do you think peace is still possible if Putin is President?

I think peace is possible. You say if Putin is still president?

Yeah, if Putin is President. Can there be peace if Putin is President of Russia?

I think with me as president, there's—possible, if very probable. If somebody else is president, no chance.

If Putin can make peace?

Yeah, I think Putin will. I think Putin would rather do it a different way. I think he’d rather go and take the whole thing. And I think that because of me, I believe I'm the only one that can get this thing negotiated. And I think we’re a long way. We've had very good talks, and we're getting very close to a deal. And I don't believe anybody else could have made that deal.

Do you believe peace is possible if Zelensky is still President of Ukraine?

Yeah, I do. He is president now and I think we’re going to make a deal.

Should Ukraine give up any hope of ever joining NATO?

I don’t think they’ll ever be able to join NATO. I think that's been—from day one, I think that's been, that's I think what caused the war to start was when they started talking about joining NATO. If that weren't brought up, there would have been a much better chance that it wouldn’t have started.

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🇺🇸💬🇮🇷If we don't make a deal, I'll be leading the pack - Trump on the war with Iran

You’ve begun direct talks with Iran. Are you open to meeting with Iran’s President or Supreme Leader?

Sure.

You reportedly stopped Israel from attacking Iran's nuclear sites.

That's not right.

It’s not right?

No, it’s not right. I didn’t stop them. But I didn't make it comfortable for them, because I think we can make a deal without the attack. I hope we can. It's possible we'll have to attack because Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. But I didn't make it comfortable for them, but I didn't say no. Ultimately I was going to leave that choice to them, but I said I would much prefer a deal than bombs being dropped.

Are you worried Netanyahu will drag you into a war?

No.

Let’s talk about some of the issues with universities—

By the way, he may go into a war. But we’re not getting dragged in.

The U.S. will stay out of it if Israel goes into it?

No, I didn’t say that. You asked if he’d drag me in, like I’d go in unwillingly. No, I may go in very willingly if we can't get a deal. If we don't make a deal, I'll be leading the pack.

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🇺🇸💬🇨🇳Trump on China and tariffs:

I’m just curious, why don’t you announce these deals that you’ve solidified?

I would say, over the next three to four weeks, and we're finished, by the way.

You’re finished?

We’ll be finished.

Oh, you will be finished in three to four weeks.

I’ll be finished. Now, some countries may come back and ask for an adjustment, and I'll consider that, but I'll basically be, with great knowledge, setting—ready? We're a department store, a giant department store, the biggest department store in history. Everybody wants to come in and take from us. They're going to come in and they're going to pay a price for taking our treasure, for taking our jobs, for doing all of these things. But what I'm doing with the tariffs is people are coming in, and they're building at levels you've never seen before. We have $7 trillion of new plants, factories and other things, investment coming into the United States. And if you look back at past presidents, nobody was anywhere near that. And this is in three months.

Will you call President Xi if he doesn’t call you?

No.

You won’t?

Nope.

Has he called you yet?

Yep.

When did he call you?

He's called. And I don't think that's a sign of weakness on his behalf.

But you would think it’s a sign of weakness if you called him?

I don’t–I just look—

Well, what did he say?

If people want to–well, we all want to make deals. But I am this giant store. It's a giant, beautiful store, and everybody wants to go shopping there. And on behalf of the American people, I own the store, and I set prices, and I'll say, if you want to shop here, this is what you have to pay.

This period of uncertainty will be over in three to four weeks?

I don’t think there’s any uncertainty there. The only thing—they have an option. They don't have to shop here. They can go someplace else, but there aren't too many places they can go. You understand what I mean though?

Sure. Your Treasury Secretary says this situation with China is unsustainable.

Oh I agree. You mean the way it is now?

Yes.

Or the way it was before I got here?

The current moment, too, he believes is unsustainable.

Well, no, they won’t do any business here, because at 145% it's going to be very rare that you see business.

But your conversations with Xi have made you feel like we’re moving towards a more productive—

Oh, there’s a number at which they will feel comfortable. Yeah. But you can’t let them make a trillion dollars from us. You can’t let them make $750 billion. See, that’s really what’s not sustainable when China makes a trillion dollars, or a trillion one, when we have almost $2 trillion worth of, I call it loss. Some people don't, but a lot of it’s loss. I say, when you have a trade deficit of $2 trillion I consider that loss.

Mr. President, there was a period of time on April 9 when the bond market was under extreme stress and there was a risk of a financial crisis far beyond what the plummeting stock market suggested.

I wasn’t worried.

What did your advisers tell you, though? You were in the Oval Office with Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick. What did they tell you to convince you to lift the reciprocal tariffs for the 90-day pause?

They didn’t tell me. I did that.

What made you decide?

It wasn’t for that reason.

It wasn’t for the bond market?

No, it wasn’t for that reason. I'm doing that until we come up with the numbers that I want to come up with. I've met with a lot of countries. I've talked on the telephone. I don’t even want them to come in.

You said the bond market was getting the yips.

The bond market was getting the yips, but I wasn’t. Because I know what we have. I know what we have, but I also know we won't have it for long if we allowed four more years of the gross incompetence. This thing was just running—it was running as a free spirit. This was—this was the most incompetent president in history.

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🇺🇸🇨🇦Oh, by the way, Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming a US state

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Daily dose of DDG wisdom. This is an actual quote from one of our admins 🤣

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🇷🇺 Maria Zakharova has condemned the killing of Russian General Staff Deputy Directorate Head Moskalyk as a terrorist attack.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 "How are you, Mr. President?" — With these words, Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, greeted Vladimir Putin as their meeting began in the Kremlin.

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