Posted on 02/21/2025 5:00:28 AM PST by marcusmaximus
The man who has emerged as Donald Trump's geopolitical dealmaker-in-chief has said that he's developed a "friendship" with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Steve Witkoff was named as Mr Trump's Middle East envoy shortly after the US election but he has since been involved in negotiations with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine.
Mr Witkoff made the comments about his relationship with Mr Putin at a Saudi-run investment forum in Miami, where he discussed his remarkable overnight trip to Moscow last week to secure the release of US citizen Marc Fogel.
"I spent a lot of time with Putin. Talking and developing a friendship and relationship with him…" Mr Witkoff said.
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In describing the success of the deal, Mr Witkoff said: "First I had the support of President Trump which is a really big deal. Secondly we have a really good relationship with the Saudis…. They assured us that this was real... and so to me it became worth the trip. And so we went. And it was a great trip. I spent a lot of time with President Putin, talking, developing a friendship, a relationship with him and that led to Mark getting on the plane…"
The role of the Saudi government is a reflection of Riyadh's remarkable and emerging geopolitical clout.
After Mr Witkoff's Moscow trip, the Riyadh talks between the US and Russia were secured.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
Ok boomer.
Ukraine has become the new Kevin Bacon for 6 degrees of connections. Burisma Gas has all the qualities of illegal cash for the politically connected children of government officials. Yah, lost a hundred billion, indeed.
We readily gathered that you are a moron. You need not preface your posts with the declaration as it is redundant.
Maybe they can replace then with swastikas.
I don’t think you can be besties with a snake, just ask EVE how that turned out for her.
Russia, Russia, Russia
developing a friendship
Be reasonable! It’s better described as a “rapport.”
Regards,
Ah, rapport is a better word.
rapport | raˈpôr |
noun
a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well: “she was able to establish a good rapport with the children” | “there was little rapport between them.”
origin
late Middle English (in the sense ‘report, talk’): French, from rapporter ‘bring back’. The sense ‘harmonious relationship’ dates from the mid 17th century.
Insert clapping emoji :)
Part of the nice doggy until you can find a stick tactic or does he really belive this? If the latter he needs to be replaced because he isn’t smart enough to be a negotiator.
You do realize that?
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