The United States continues to facilitate peace negotiation discussions between Russia and Ukraine, but top U.S. officials, including President Trump, warned that if substantial progress is not achieved soon, Washington will pull back from its mediating role.
Trump contended that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin might not want to achieve peace in Eastern Europe after all, following a series of Kremlin strikes on Ukrainian cities in recent days.
The president met briefly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of late Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome on Saturday, with Kyiv’s leader touting it as a “good” and “symbolic” discussion.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that the “only solution” for the war in Ukraine is a negotiation where both Russia and Ukraine “give up something.”
“There is no military solution to this war,” Rubio told NBC News’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.” “The only solution to this war is a negotiated settlement where both sides are going to have to give up something they claim to want, and are going to have to give the other side something they wish they didn’t.”
Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday where he said he has a “great fear” that Trump will “cave” to Putin over ending the war in Ukraine.
Plus, members of Congress are returning to Washington on Monday after recess to continue their push to pass Trump’s legislative agenda.
Trump's package would include $9.3 billion in cuts, already approved by Congress, to NPR, PBS and the State Department, Punchbowl News reported, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Lawmakers will also look to extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, while increasing spending on defense and border security through the reconciliation process. Several lawmakers, including Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as well as Reps. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) and Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), are slated to make appearances on the Sunday shows.
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