Putin spokesman says Trump's foreign policy 'largely coincides' with Russia's vision
Putin spokesman says Trump's foreign policy 'largely coincides' with Russia's vision
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Trump says Zelenskyy is 'not ready for peace' after Oval clash
President Donald Trump said President Zelenskyy is not ready for peace if America is involved." Zelenskyy says otherwise.
WASHINGTON ― A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin praised U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump, saying it "largely coincides" with Russia's vision in a reversal he said was previously "impossible to imagine."
The comments from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov come as Trump has upended the U.S. approach to Russia's war in Ukraine by holding peace negotiations with Russia, without representation from Ukraine or its European allies. A public spat between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last Friday in the Oval Office raised doubts about continued U.S. financial support for Ukraine.
"The new (U.S.) administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations," Peskov said in an interview aired Sunday on Russian state media. "This largely coincides with our vision."
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Peskov conducted the interview on Wednesday, two days before a meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump at the White House unraveled, with Trump accusing the Ukrainian leader of wanting to start World War Three. Even before that, Trump has lashed out at Ukraine, blaming its leaders for Putin's invasion and occupation of their country.
In additional remarks Monday, Reuters reported, Peskov said the clash at the White House "demonstrated how difficult it will be to reach a settlement trajectory around Ukraine ... The Kyiv regime and Zelenskyy do not want peace. They want the war to continue."
Trump last Friday said Zelenskyy can return to the negotiating table "when he is ready for peace." After leaving the United States, Zelenskyy appeared Saturday with European leaders at a summit in London in a display of continued European support for Zelenskyy.
More: U.S. support for Ukraine in doubt after Trump-Zelenskyy public brawl
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also heaped praise on Trump, calling his efforts to end the war in Ukraine "common sense" as he criticized European countries that have rallied around Ukraine.
"Donald Trump is a pragmatist," Lavrov told the Russian military newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, according to a transcript released by the Foreign Ministry. "His slogan is common sense. It means, as everyone can see, a shift to a different way of doing things."
Some supporters of Ukraine have been just as critical of Trump's turn.
"President Trump and his administration continue to embarrass America on the world stage," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in a statement after the White House meeting with Zelenskyy. "Today's White House meeting with the President of Ukraine was appalling and will only serve to further embolden Vladimir Putin, a brutal dictator. The United States must not reward Russian aggression and continue to appease Putin."
Contributing Reuters: Reach Joey Garrison on X @joeygarrison.
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