The confusion still swirling in Washington over President Donald Trump's latest peace plan for Ukraine has made one thing clear: The U.S. president's unconventional, all-in approach to diplomacy carries big risks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/world/politics/trump-ukraine-peace-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump #stevewitkoff
Vladimir Putin met Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner for talks on how to end the deadliest European conflict since WWII. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/world/politics/putin-witkoff-kushner-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner
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Timeline
Oct. 14 call. #SteveWitkoff speaks to
#YuriUshakov, discussed how #Putin should butter #Trump up (“man of peace”)
Oct. 16 Trump speaks with Putin for two and a half hours
Oct. 17 #Zelensky visits the White House is bullied relentlessly by Trump & #Vance.
Around Oct. 24-26 #Witkoff meets with #KirillDmitriev & #JaredKushner in Miami
Oct. 29 #Ushakov & #Dmitriev discuss Russian strategy in call
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
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A leaked phone call transcript shows #US envoy #SteveWitkoff coached #Putin aide #YuriUshakov on how Russian leader should pitch #Trump on #Ukraine “peace” plan
Trump’s chief interlocutor with #Russia last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the Trump on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, acc/to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News Tuesday.
#PutinsPuppet
https://apnews.com/article/trump-witkoff-putin-ukraine-bloomberg-3844a3721d92dd9ae9681547a0814d88
U.S. and Ukrainian officials discussed a peace deal with Russia, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing optimism despite challenges in ending the more than 3-year-long war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/politics/rubio-florida-talks-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #marcorubio #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump
Timeline
Oct. 14 call. #SteveWitkoff speaks to
#YuriUshakov, discussed how #Putin should butter #Trump up (“man of peace”)
Oct. 16 Trump speaks with Putin for two and a half hours
Oct. 17 #Zelensky visits the White House is bullied relentlessly by Trump & #Vance.
Around Oct. 24-26 #Witkoff meets with #KirillDmitriev & #JaredKushner in Miami
Oct. 29 #Ushakov & #Dmitriev discuss Russian strategy in call
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
#Trump envoy #SteveWitkoff, acc/to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the news service, advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser #YuriUshakov that #Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal, say Russia had supported it & that he respects the president as a “man of peace”.
“From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said acc/to the transcript.
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between #SteveWitkoff, #Trump special envoy for peace missions, and #YuriUshakov, #Putin senior foreign-policy adviser.
The transcript was prepared after Bloomberg reviewed a recording of the call.
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
The U.S.-backed 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine drew from a Russian-authored paper submitted to the Trump administration in October, according to three sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/world/politics/us-peace-plan-ukraine-russian-document/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump #stevewitkoff
A leaked phone call transcript shows #US envoy #SteveWitkoff coached #Putin aide #YuriUshakov on how Russian leader should pitch #Trump on #Ukraine “peace” plan
Trump’s chief interlocutor with #Russia last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the Trump on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, acc/to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News Tuesday.
#PutinsPuppet
https://apnews.com/article/trump-witkoff-putin-ukraine-bloomberg-3844a3721d92dd9ae9681547a0814d88
#Trump envoy #SteveWitkoff, acc/to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the news service, advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser #YuriUshakov that #Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal, say Russia had supported it & that he respects the president as a “man of peace”.
“From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said acc/to the transcript.
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
A leaked phone call transcript shows #US envoy #SteveWitkoff coached #Putin aide #YuriUshakov on how Russian leader should pitch #Trump on #Ukraine “peace” plan
Trump’s chief interlocutor with #Russia last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the Trump on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, acc/to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News Tuesday.
#PutinsPuppet
https://apnews.com/article/trump-witkoff-putin-ukraine-bloomberg-3844a3721d92dd9ae9681547a0814d88
A conversation between a top White House and a Kremlin official for the first time offers direct insight into what appears to be the genesis of a 28-point proposal for ending the war in Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/world/politics/witkoff-russia-trump-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #stevewitkoff #us
The list provided phonetic pronouncers for all the Russian men expected at the summit, including "Mr. President POO-tihn."
Pages 6 & 7 in the packet described how lunch at the summit would be served, and for whom. A menu included in the documents indicated that the luncheon was to be held "in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin."
A seating chart shows that #Putin & #Trump were supposed to sit across from each other during the luncheon. Trump would be flanked by: Secy of State #MarcoRubio, Secy of #Defense#PeteHegseth & WH Chief of Staff #SusieWiles to his right, & Secy of #Treasury#ScottBessent, Secy of #Commerce#HowardLutnick & Special Envoy for Peace Missions #SteveWitkoff to his left. Putin would be seated next to his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey #Lavrov, & his Aide for Foreign Policy, Yuri #Ushakov.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a bid to salvage Gaza truce talks and tackle a humanitarian crisis caused by Israel's war in the enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/world/us-envoy-gaza-ceasefire-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #gaza #us #aid #stevewitkoff
U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed to the conditions needed for a 60-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and urges Hamas to accept the deal because "it will not get better." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/world/politics/trump-israel-60-day-gaza-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #stevewitkoff #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump
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the trump and witkoff families' #stablecoin#USD1 has existed for like 4 weeks and it's already seeing more reported trading volume than the coinbase aligned Circle's stablecoin #USDC, which i'm sure is because of entirely legitimate financial activity and not because chinese crypto exchanges like #Binance and #OKX are wash trading and/or reporting fake volumes
#corruption #trump #stablecoins#geniusAct #uspol #uspolitics #crypto #cryptocurrency#WLFI #worldlibertyfinancial #stevewitkoff#CRCL#Circle
the trump and witkoff families' #stablecoin#USD1 has existed for like 4 weeks and it's already seeing more reported trading volume than the coinbase aligned Circle's stablecoin #USDC, which i'm sure is because of entirely legitimate financial activity and not because chinese crypto exchanges like #Binance and #OKX are wash trading and/or reporting fake volumes
#corruption #trump #stablecoins#geniusAct #uspol #uspolitics #crypto #cryptocurrency#WLFI #worldlibertyfinancial #stevewitkoff#CRCL#Circle