Polish president mentions "special spirit", commenting on Zelenskyy-Trump meeting in Vatican
Polish President Andrzej Duda, commenting on the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Pope Francis' funeral, has expressed hope that the "special spirit" of the Vatican would inspire "new ideas" to end the war waged by Russia.
Source: Duda in a comment to Polish news channel Polsat News, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Zelenskyy believes that his meeting with Trump has the potential to become historic. The White House also called the meeting very productive.
"I hope that the special spirit that prevails there can inspire new solutions and ideas that will help end this war," Duda said.
He also added that a speedy end to the war is in the interests of Poland and the Poles.
"It's in the interests of Poland and the Poles that this war ends in a just peace, which will also give us a guarantee of peace, so that we can really develop in peace without fear that someone will attack us," Duda concluded.
Background: Notably, after meeting with Zelenskyy in Rome, Trump criticised the latest Russian strikes on civilian cities in Ukraine and expressed doubt that Putin wanted to end the war. Trump has also threatened to impose sanctions on Russia.
Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
New York Times
12 minutes ago
- New York Times
The Times Confirms More Names on Trump's Crypto Dinner Guest List
They came from faraway spots, including Estonia and China, and closer locations, such as San Francisco and even Maryland, but one thing almost all of them had in common was some tie to the cryptocurrency industry. That is the common thread that emerges among the two dozen additional guests The New York Times has added to its list of those invited to President Trump's dinner last Thursday at his golf club in Virginia. The Times obtained a partial list of all 220 invitees, along with email addresses and phone numbers for many of them. But in some cases the names were common enough or the contact information was so incomplete that The Times could not immediately confirm the attendees' identities. Work toward confirming these details has continued since last week and The Times has now added another two dozen individuals invited to the dinner and in some cases also for a White House tour. Those additional names have been added to the more than 30 names that The Times published in the past week.
Yahoo
12 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Elon Musk says he is leaving Trump administration
Billionaire Elon Musk has said his time leading President Donald Trump's cost-cutting task force is coming "to an end". Musk has helped lead the Department of Government Efficiency - known as Doge - since its inception this year. He was designated as a "special government employee" - which allows him to work a government job for 130 days each year. Measured from Trump's inauguration on 20 January, he would hit that limit towards the end of May. Musk thanked Trump for the role in a post on X and said he believed the cost-cutting agency would become a "way of life throughout government". "As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending," Musk wrote on X. He added the agency will "only strengthen over time". A White House official told news outlet Semafor that Musk's "offboarding" as a special government employee would begin on Wednesday night. Musk's exit comes after he criticised Trump's "big, beautiful" bill, which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and a pledge to increase defence spending. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on X to get the latest alerts. Will Elon Musk really leave Doge and what happens when he does?
Fox News
13 minutes ago
- Fox News
Musk officially steps down from DOGE after wrapping work streamlining government
Elon Musk is beginning the process of stepping down from his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted on X on Wednesday night that his time as a special government employee is coming to an end and thanked President Donald Trump for the opportunity to cut down on wasteful spending. "The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government," Musk wrote in his post. The White House confirmed to FOX that Musk's post is accurate and offboarding will begin Wednesday night. Musk has been the public face of DOGE since Trump signed an executive order establishing the office Jan. 20. DOGE has since ripped through federal government agencies in a quest to identify and end government overspending, corruption and fraud. He was officially hired as a "special government employee," which is a role Congress created in 1962 that allows the executive or legislative branch to hire temporary employees for specific short-term initiatives. Special government employees are permitted to work for the federal government for "no more than 130 days in a 365-day period," according to data from the Office of Government Ethics. Musk's 130-day timeframe, beginning on Inauguration Day, was set to run dry on May 30. DOGE is a temporary cross-departmental organization that was established to slim down and streamline the federal government. The group itself will be dissolved on July 4, 2026, according to Trump's executive order. Musk and Trump have both previously previewed that Musk's role was temporary and would come to end in the spring. "You, technically, are a special government employee and you're supposed to be 130 days," Fox News' Bret Baier asked Musk during an exclusive interview Musk and DOGE team members in April. "Are you going to continue past that or do you think that's what you're going to do?" "I think we will have accomplished most of the work required to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars within that time frame," Musk responded. Trump hinted at Musk's departure in comments to the media on March 31, when asked if he wants Musk to remain in a government role for longer than the predetermined 130 days. "I think he's amazing. But I also think he's got a big company to run," Trump said in March. "And so at some point he's going to be going back." "I'd keep him as long as I can keep him," Trump said. "He's a very talented guy. You know, I love very smart people. He's very smart. And he's done a good job," the president added. "DOGE is, we've found numbers that nobody can even believe." More recently, Musk said during a Tesla earnings call on April 22 that he will take a step back from his work as DOGE's leader. "I think starting probably in next month, May, my time allocation to DOGE will drop significantly," Musk said during Tesla's earnings conference call. "I'll have to continue doing it for, I think, the remainder of the president's term just to make sure the waste and fraud that we stopped does not come roaring back, which it will do if it has the chance. So I think I'll continue to spend, you know, a day or two per week on government matters for as long as the president would like me to do so and as long as it is useful." "But starting next month," he added, "I'll be allocating far more of my time to Tesla now that the major work of establishing the Department of Government Efficiency is done." Amid Musk's work with DOGE, Democrats and activists have staged protests against the tech billionaire and his companies, including working to tank Tesla stocks. Musk has been the public face of DOGE for months, but is not an employee of the United States DOGE Service and does not report to the acting DOGE chief, according to court filing in March that shed additional light on the internal workings of the office. "Elon Musk does not work at USDS. I do not report to him, and he does not report to me. To my knowledge, he is a Senior Advisor to the White House," Amy Gleason, the acting administrator of DOGE, wrote in a declaration included in a court filing. Gleason previously worked for the United States Digital Service, which was founded in 2014 by former President Barack Obama as a technology office within the Executive Office of the President. Trump signed an executive order in January that renamed the office to the United States DOGE Service, establishing DOGE. Though Musk has been the public face of DOGE, he "has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself" and is working as a senior advisor to the president, a White House official said in a separate court filing back in February. Musk emerged as an ardent supporter of Trump's at the height of the election cycle over the summer, officially endorsing Trump after the first assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. "I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery," Musk posted to X shortly after the attempt, accompanied by footage of Trump raising a fist and shouting "Fight, fight, fight!" after he was left bloodied by the assassination attempt. Musk hosted Trump on X for an expansive interview while on the campaign trail Across Musk's tenure as a special government employee, Trump has praised the tech billionaire for his efforts to streamline the government and cut it of overspending, including during his first address to a joint session of Congress since his second inauguration. "Thank you, Elon. He's working very hard. He didn't need this. He didn't need this. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Everybody here, even this side, appreciates it, I believe. They just don't want to admit that," Trump said in March during his address, quipping that Democrats were even grateful for Musk's work at DOGE.
