Newsweek

What Donald Trump's First 100 Days Will Look Like

FOX News

Trump spends time golfing with grandkids at Mar-a-Lago after landslide election victory

American Conservative

Trump Must Put Americans Before Foreign ‘Partners’

Lew Rockwell

European Lackeys in Panic Mode as Trump Signals Detente With Russia

Daily Caller

‘It’s Gonna End On Day One’: GOP Lawmakers, Fishermen Urge Trump To Keep Promise To Axe Offshore Wind

Mike Pompeo Says He Was 'Proud to Work' With Trump After Role Ruled Out

Independent

Donald Trump makes jab about Elon Musk’s ‘constant’ presence in first post-victory speech: ‘I can’t get him out of here’

Donald Trump Jr mocks Zelensky by suggesting that he’s just weeks away from ‘losing allowance’

New York Post

Kamala Harris’ niece shares smiling pic of VP at home with glass of wine after she lost election to Trump

Nikki Haley responds to Trump’s announcement that she’s not welcome back in his second administration

Donald Trump

Vladimir Putin

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Boris Johnson

Viktor Mihály Orbán

Steven Cheung

Ulrich Speck

Anatol Lieven

Aaron Blake

Michael Kimmage

Michael Kofman

Tom Donilon

William C. Wohlforth

Gideon Rachman

Dafydd Townley

If Re-elected, Will Trump End the War in Ukraine?

Addressing the nearly three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war in his first major speech since winning the election on Nov. 5, Pres.-elect Donald Trump told an audience in Palm Beach, Florida, that "It's gotta stop."

The black-tie gala at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday evening, held alongside the America First Policy Institute, included lighter moments — including a quip about the recurring presence of Elon Musk. "You know, he likes this place. I can't get him out of here," Trump said.

Trump also addressed the reality that Republicans swept the White House, the House of Representatives and the Senate. "In my first term, they said 'he won the election,' but they always followed by 'he didn’t win the popular vote,'" Trump said. "Nobody can say that anymore about us."

However, the president-elect turned to real-world problems as well. "We're going to work very hard on Russia and Ukraine. It's gotta stop. Russia and Ukraine's gotta stop." Lamenting those killed in the conflict, Trump said: "Whether they’re soldiers or they're people sitting in towns, we’re going to work it."

While Trump's words typically draw ire from establishment figures, his remarks follow a Washington Post report earlier in the week that Ukraine's European allies have quietly been discussing the once taboo subject of negotiations with Russia, including the possibility that Ukraine may have to accept territorial losses in exchange for future security — though any such deal is far from being agreed.

Verity

On the ground, according to Thursday's analysis from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian forces made confirmed advances into the Kharkiv city of Kupiansk. Earlier in the day, Ukraine's armed forces denied Russian advances into the city.

Ukrainska Pravda

Elsewhere, in Russia's Kursk region, following reports that the country had amassed some 50K troops, including at least 10K North Korean soldiers, for an offensive in the region, ISW reported that over the past day, Russian forces advanced to the north and west of Ukraine's main salient of attack. ISW further reported that Russia advanced near Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region and near the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia border.

Trump on Russia-Ukraine War: 'It's Gotta Stop'

The Controversies

Go Deeper

Articles on this story

Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters
Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters

Trump on Russia-Ukraine War: 'It's Gotta Stop'

The Controversies

Go Deeper

Articles on this story

Sign Up for Our Free NewslettersSign Up for Our Free Newsletters

Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters
Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters