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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ubuntourist ("Tadonic the Flautulent") wrote:

TACO Don chickens out... again...
(from CNN's 5 Things AM, August 18, 2025)
#TACO #TACOdon #news #war #politics #russia #ukraine

SCREENSHOT: CNN 5 things AM 2025-08-18 PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Donald Trump. Reuters/AP 1. Ukraine Prior to last week’s historic summit in Alaska, President Donald Trump said he would be disappointed if a ceasefire wasn’t reached between Russia and Ukraine, and even threatened “severe” consequences on Moscow if Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t end the fighting. However, Trump returned from the summit with different priorities. He is now focused on securing a peace deal without a ceasefire and said “we don’t have to think” about sanctions against Russia. Trump will host a summit at the White House today with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and several European leaders to discuss his talks with Putin in more detail. But on his social media site, Trump appeared to preview the message he’ll deliver to his visitors: If Zelensky wants the war in Ukraine to end, he must agree to some of Russia’s conditions, including that Ukraine cede Crimea and agree never to join NATO.