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  • 'I’ll say ‘how you doing?': Trump says Zelensky is in 'tough situation' ahead of meet at NATO summit

    06/24/2025 10:34:23 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 14 replies
    WION ^ | 6/24/2025 | Prapti Upadhayay
    US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (June 24) that he would “probably” meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump confirmed the possibility when asked about a meeting. “Yeah probably I’ll see him,” he said. When asked what he intended to say to the Ukrainian leader, Trump replied, “I’ll say ‘how you doing?’ He’s in a tough situation, should never have been there.” Zelensky team confirms meeting preparations Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, also confirmed that talks were under way to...
  • Trump Rejected Putin's Iran Offer: 'I Need Help With You'

    06/24/2025 7:52:23 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 6 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 6/24/2025 | Shane Croucher
    U.S. President Donald Trump said he rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to help with the Israel-Iran conflict during a recent call, turning the focus back to the unresolved war in Ukraine. -snip- "I'd like to see a deal with Russia," Trump said on Tuesday morning as he headed to the NATO summit in the Netherlands, Fox News reported. "As you know Vladimir called me up. He said, 'Can I help you with Iran?' I said, 'No, I don't need help with Iran. I need help with you.' "And I hope we're going to be getting a deal done with...
  • Trump successfully pressures Israel to scale back retaliation strike in Iran

    06/24/2025 7:22:07 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 59 replies
    Axios ^ | 6/24/2025 | Barak Ravid
    Under pressure from President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu significantly scaled back planned retaliation against Iran's violation of a ceasefire agreement, Israeli and U.S. officials said Tuesday. -snip- "When I say 12 hours [of ceasefire], you don't go out in the first hour and drop everything you have on them," Trump said. "I am not happy with Israel going out this morning because of one rocket that was shot [by Iran], perhaps by mistake." -snip- A White House source said Trump spoke to Netanyahu in "an exceptionally firm and direct way" about his objections to the Israeli strike. "The...
  • Putin: ‘Unprovoked act of aggression’ against Iran ‘without foundation or justification’

    06/23/2025 2:02:31 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 27 replies
    The Hill ^ | 6/23/2025 | TARA SUTER
    Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday took aim at the recent U.S. strikes on Iran, calling them a “completely unprovoked act of aggression.” “You are visiting Russia during a challenging period, marked by a significant escalation of tensions both in the region and surrounding your country,” Putin told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to an English transcript from the Kremlin. “Russia’s position on the current developments is well known. It has been clearly expressed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is reflected in the stance we’ve taken at the United Nations Security Council, with which you are already...
  • Diplomacy, Demons, and Tucker Carlson

    06/23/2025 7:12:08 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 17 replies
    The European Conservative ^ | 6/23/2025 | Jonathon Van Maren
    Tucker Carlson has once again taken the internet by storm, this time for a fiery exchange with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas over Iran, Israel, and isolationism writ large. -snip- Tucker has been criticizing the Trump administration on these subjects, piquing the president enough that he fired back. “I don’t know what Tucker Carlson is saying,” Trump, who knows Tucker personally, told reporters. “Let him go get a television network and say it so that people listen.” The president followed that up with a post on Truth Social: “Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that, ‘IRAN CAN NOT HAVE...
  • Russia Signs Contract With Iran for 8 Nuclear Power Plants

    06/10/2025 10:37:45 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 10 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 6/10/2025 | Sandy Fitzgerald
    Russia has signed a contract with Iran to build eight nuclear power plants, with four to be built in Bushehr, a district in the southern part of the nation, according to an announcement by the head of the Atomic Energy Organization. Ebrahim Rezaei, the spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, commented that the Iranian people wish to support the nuclear industry, as it secures the country's future, according to The Iran Press.
  • Israel issues ominous warning that 'Greta Thunberg won't make it to Gaza' as it accuses the activist of being an 'antisemite travelling with Hamas propogandists' on her 'freedom flotilla'

    06/08/2025 5:49:41 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 55 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 6/8/2025 | SAM LAWLEY
    Israel has issued an ominous warning to Greta Thunberg, claiming the environmental activist will not make it to the Gaza Strip on her 'freedom flotilla'. -snip- The vessel is expected to reach Gaza this weekend, having set off from Catania in Sicily last Sunday. But the Israel Defence Forces has now been ordered to stop the ship in its tracks and has accused Ms Thunberg of being an 'antisemite travelling with Hamas propogandists'. Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel would not allow anyone to break its naval blockade of the Palestinian territory, which he said was aimed at preventing...
  • Ukraine says it shot down Russian Su-35 fighter jet

    06/07/2025 2:26:51 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 47 replies
    AOL News ^ | 6/7/2025 | Reuters
    Ukraine's air forces shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet on Saturday morning, the Ukrainian military said. "This morning, on June 7, 2025, as a result of a successful Air Force operation in the Kursk direction, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet was shot down," the military said on the Telegram messenger. It gave no more details. Russian forces have not yet commented on the matter while Reuters could not independently verify the report.
  • Panicking Putin begs Europe's closest ally for potatoes as food crisis unravels

    05/29/2025 7:24:56 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 77 replies
    Express UK ^ | 5/29/2025 | WILL STEWART, ALICE SCARSI
    Vladimir Putin is demanding urgent potato imports from Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, while he delays supplying the ally with promised notorious Oreshnik horror missiles. Putin has made the shameful admission that he has run out of spuds - one of his country’s leading food staples - amid economic meltdown during his war with Ukraine. It now appears Belarus will not get the lethal missiles until after Lukashenko supplies Putin with new exports of potatoes which have spiralled in prices in Russia. The Minsk tyrant has even cancelled sanctions against imports from the EU to stock up to supply Russia. -snip-...
  • Lukashenko urges Belarus farmers to grow more potatoes to feed Russia

    05/29/2025 2:29:00 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 13 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | 5/29/2025 | DPA Wire
    Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko called on Wednesday for the country to produce more potatoes in the face of a large shortage of the key crop and rising demand from neighbouring Russia. "We have to grow enough so that it suffices for us and for Russia," Lukashenko said during a meeting with regional officials in Minsk, state news agency BelTA reported. The potato has in the past been seen as a symbol of Lukashenko's rule of the country, which is heavily dependant on agriculture. He was once head of a state-run collective farm, or sovkhoz. Food shortages have arisen recently in...
  • Putin Acknowledges Russia’s Potato Shortage Amid Record Price Increases

    05/27/2025 10:32:14 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 27 replies
    Moscow Times MSN News ^ | 5/27/2025 | Staff
    President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday acknowledged Russia’s mounting potato shortage, driven by underwhelming crop yields that have led to record-breaking price increases. “Yesterday [Monday], I met with representatives from various business sectors, including agriculture. It turns out that we don’t have enough potatoes,” Putin said during a televised meeting. “I spoke with [Belarusian President] Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko. He said, ‘We’ve already sold everything to Russia’.” The previous day, Lukashenko’s press office joked that Belarus had already planted additional potatoes. Belarusians have reportedly been complaining for months about the poor quality and limited supply of potatoes in stores. In April, authorities...