Excluding Ukraine and Europe from peace talks with Russia, Trump reminds his proxies that Washington runs the war.

There has to be peace in Ukraine. Kiev and its European allies have to be persuaded or pressurised by Trump

The US cutting loose both Kiev and Brussels is the way to end the war, and that’s a good thing

In all but name, the Ukraine War is over—and further NATO expansion is likely over, too. Only time will tell if Russia is content with this resolution.

Congressional Democrats are opposed but won’t offer any alternative

No one should be surprised that Trump wants to bring the war in Ukraine to a conclusion

SecDef Hegseth defends the president’s comments while softening his own

President Donald Trump floated the idea of a three-way meeting with the leaders of Russia and China in which the countries would agree to cut defense spending in half.

President Trump has stated that he has begun to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin to put an end the war between Ukraine and Russia “immediately.” Yet to do so, he will need to think and act outside the stereotypes of narrow neo-conservative and neo-liberal thinking that have governed the post-Cold War era.

‘We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations,’ Trump says