US EditionReport Accuses Witkoff of Seeking to Out-Maneuver Rubio in Ukraine Negotiations
Steve Witkoff pursues rapid peace talks favoring concessions to Russia, clashing with Marco Rubio's approach backed by European allies, revealing deep Trump administration divisions.
- On December 23, NBC News reported that Steve Witkoff, special envoy to Ukraine, traveled ahead to Geneva, Switzerland, arranging meetings without informing Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- Steve Witkoff was appointed special envoy to Ukraine earlier this year and lacks formal diplomatic experience, pushing for a fast deal reportedly on President Donald Trump's orders and prompting a May U.S. State Department review.
- Sources say Witkoff used private aircraft without secure government communications, and U.S. officials described him as "a gift to the Russians" and an "amateur" for favoring the Kremlin.
- After the December 20–21 Miami meetings, tensions intensified within the Trump team despite the White House, Rubio, and Witkoff publicly stressing unity, NBC News reported.
- How the Rubio–Witkoff split resolves could determine the war's outcome and U.S. standing with allies and adversaries, NBC News reported, as hawks led by Pete Hegseth and Witkoff push Ukraine to concede the five occupied territories.
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In the United States, a power struggle appears to be developing between Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
A power struggle in US foreign policy is escalating: Witkoff is said to have excluded Rubio from talks. US diplomacy is at stake.
There are disagreements between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. President Steve Witkoff's special envoy on approaches to ending Russia's war against Ukraine.
Trump special envoy clashes with Rubio as officials warn 'he’s a gift to the Russians'
One of Donald Trump's top officials working on the effort to broker a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine is thought of as "a gift to the Russians," according to a new report from NBC News, and seems to be in conflict over the situation with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.The Monday report from NBC detailed the increasingly contentious dynamic between Rubio and Steve Witkoff, a billionaire real estate developer appointed as a "special envoy for…
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