U.S. President Donald Trump’s assignment of his favorite envoys to juggle the Iranian nuclear standoff and Russia’s war in Ukraine in a single day has left many in the foreign policy world scratching their heads. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/world/politics/us-witkoff-kushner-iran-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #iran #middleeast #us #donaldtrump #republicans #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
The U.S. and Iran made progress in nuclear talks in Geneva, with Tehran’s negotiators set to return with a new proposal in two weeks, a U.S. official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/world/politics/us-iran-nuclear-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #middleeast #us #donaldtrump
Kyiv and Moscow finished two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Geneva with U.S. President Donald Trump pressing Ukraine to act fast to reach a deal to end the four-year conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/world/politics/ukraine-russia-talks-geneva-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar
Israeli fire killed three Palestinians in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, while an Israeli drone wounded four others in Gaza City, the territory's health ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/26/world/politics/israel-kills-three-gaza-us-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
U.S. officials say their vision for a “New Gaza” that would turn the shattered Palestinian territory into a glitzy resort of skyscrapers by the sea could be realized in three years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/23/world/us-new-gaza-luxury-real-estate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #jaredkushner #us #gaza #donaldtrump #buildings #realestate
The U.S. backed a broad coalition of Ukraine allies, promising security guarantees to support the country if Russia attacks again. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/world/politics/us-security-ukraine-summit-paris/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #us #donaldtrump #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
Jared Kushner is finding himself very much in the political spotlight — a far cry from the future the president’s son-in-law envisioned just last year, when he said he’d stay out of government affairs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/world/politics/kushner-breaking-vow-avoid-politics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #jaredkushner #donaldtrump #us #corruption #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #saudiarabia #netflix #warnerbros #paramount
U.S. negotiators have told Ukraine that it must withdraw from the Donetsk region under any peace deal with Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/world/politics/us-ukraine-donetsk-peace-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #stevewitkoff #us #donaldtrump #jaredkushner
Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered to drop Ukraine's aspirations to join NATO during talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/world/politics/ukraine-nato-peace-talks-berlin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #germany #us #donaldtrump #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #friedrichmerz #nato
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
Billy Smith
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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
"Trump’s eldest sons, Don Jr and Eric, formally the custodians of the family business, are conducting a global dealmaking blitz. They have broken ground on new golf courses, received permission for new skyscrapers, rented out the Trump brand, and in cryptocurrency they have embraced a venture with the capacity to bring in more than everything that has gone before."
#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #Ukraine #Russia #PutinsPoodle #grift #corruption
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"This analogy is not a stretch. It is exactly what is happening now, as described in a recent explosive Wall Street Journal exposé that documents exactly how much Russia is dangling the prospect of riches to friends of Donald Trump Jr. and other connected Americans in exchange for a dishonorable peace that sells out Ukraine, our European allies and the vast majority of Americans who oppose Vladimir Putin’s genocidal war."
"As Ukrainian officials held a critical meeting with U.S. representatives [today], Jared Kushner (a private citizen with massive foreign financial entanglements) sat in the room. His presence is as inappropriate as it is alarming. The Ukrainians’ expressions said it all:"
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #Ukraine #Russia #PutinsPoodle #grift #corruption
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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
Here is the #Ushakov / #Dmitriev call after Dmitriev met with #Witkoff & #JaredKushner in Miami for 2½ days.
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between #YuriUshakov, Vladimir #Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, & #KirillDmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president.
#Trump #PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
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