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What Putin wants from talks with Trump

Summary by New Statesman
For several months now, Donald Trump has been promising to get tough on Vladimir Putin, warning, repeatedly, that his patience is running out. “Vladimir, STOP!” Trump commanded in a Truth Social post on 24 April after the latest barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, to no discernible effect. “We’re gonna find out whether or not [Putin is] tapping us along,” the US president vowed on 28 May, “And if he is, we’ll respond a little b…

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Turn on the TV, or better yet, go to Trump's Twitter feed. There everything is explained more simply: “Putin wants something, Zelensky wants too, and I, as the best mediator of all time, will decide who gets it.” The last act of geopolitical opera: Trump, the current president of the United States, gave Putin an ultimatum. It sounds loud, but in fact it is rather in the style of “Vladimir, let's make it beautiful, without insults.” And while in …

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New Statesman broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, August 8, 2025.
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