Posted on 04/13/2025 6:54:48 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
The Kremlin said on Sunday contacts with U.S. President Donald Trump's team were moving ahead very well but that it was too early to expect instant results due to the level of damage done to relations under Trump's predecessor Joe Biden.
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After his special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with President Vladimir Putin, Trump said on Saturday discussions aimed at ending the war may be going OK, but "there’s a point at which you just have to either put up or shut up".
"Everything is going very well," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state television's most prominent Kremlin reporter, Pavel Zarubin, when asked about the differing views of the state of relations between Moscow and Washington.
Contacts were underway at several levels, Peskov said, including via the foreign ministry, intelligence agencies and Putin's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev.
"But, of course, it is impossible to expect any instant results," Peskov said, citing what he called the damage done to bilateral relations under Biden.
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Asked if a Putin-Trump meeting was getting nearer, the Kremlin's Peskov said the two powers were "walking along this path together very patiently" but that trying to restore relations took serious and painstaking work.
His words suggested that such a meeting "requires more work, requires more time".
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“Putin is going to get the back of the hand from President Trump.”
Non-sequitur.
No....He doesn’t want all of Ukraine...He wants the two areas that were dminated by Ukraines of Russian Heritage AND covered by the two referendums. This was a civil war that grew.
Oil is at $60 per barrel. Putin needs it to be above $50.
Sadly, it seems to me that neither Putin nor Zelinskyy really want peace.
Zelensky agreed to President Trump’s unconditional ceasefire almost a month ago. Putin rejected it and has been wasting President Trump’s time and patience.
Trump says he's 'sick' of how Zelenskyy has handled Ukraine's war with Russia: 'He has no cards' NBC News, 21 February 2025Don't bother to respond with your now-patented "Your Putin" word game, because, unlike you, I think Putin and Zelensky are both scum and deserve each other.Trump: Zelensky ‘has no cards,’ ‘shouldn't be at meetings’ with Russia WIVBBuffalo, via MSN, 21 February 2025
'You don't have the card... I'm not playing cards': Trump, Zelenskyy trade blows on live TV | Watch First Post, 1 March 2025
Trump Says Zelensky Shouldn't Be Involved In Negotiations To End War With Russia Forbes, 21 February 2025
Donald Trump says Zelensky brings 'no cards' and isn't important in Russia peace talks Metro, via MSN, 21 February 2025
Trump Berates Zelensky in Fiery Exchange at the White House New York Times, 28 February 2025
He's not doubling down on Biden's failed strategy. That would incredibly stupid and there would be nothing American First about it..
Cutting Ukraine off completely and/or replacing Zelensky as President with someone that wants peace is the only way for the war to end quickly.
Common sense. Russia has all the cards. They’re not going to accept Trump’s plan without their modifications. Art of the deal.
moar Guy Faulconbridge horse droppings...
Tell your mom to tell your mom to tell your mom to tell your mom to tell you to get the eff out of the basement. Ya freaking spamming dork.
Your mom only has another week until your diaper has to be changed.
marcus is a spammimg clown.
We know you didn’t vote for President Trump because you are a foreigner from Tatarstan but you should still show him respect.
The last I heard, Zelinskyy wants Russia to retreat back to the 2014 borders, which is unrealistic.
I’ve voted for him three times because he’s also put America First instead of the agenda of the globalist swine that are paying you.
It's obvious he won't so Trump should permanently cutoff any aid to Ukraine if he can't find a way to remove him as President.
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