Gram Slattery
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Reuters national political reporter. Washington, DC.
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Reality check time:
Trump said he would solve the Ukraine war on Day One, if not before. But any deal is months away, advisers warn
The president-elect has begun to publicly lament how intractable the conflict is
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Trump said he would solve the Ukraine war on Day One, if not before. But any deal is months away, advisers warn
The president-elect has begun to publicly lament how intractable the conflict is
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Trump advisers concede Ukraine peace deal is months away
Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump now concede that the Ukraine war will take months or even longer to resolve, a sharp reality check on his biggest foreign policy promise - to strike a peace deal on his first day in the White House.
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January 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reality check time:
Trump said he would solve the Ukraine war on Day One, if not before. But any deal is months away, advisers warn
The president-elect has begun to publicly lament how intractable the conflict is
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Trump said he would solve the Ukraine war on Day One, if not before. But any deal is months away, advisers warn
The president-elect has begun to publicly lament how intractable the conflict is
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
"The real legacy is you have expanded the United States. Literally in 70 years we haven't added one piece of real estate to the portfolio. He talks about it a lot."
Our piece today on why Trump *really* wants Greenland
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Our piece today on why Trump *really* wants Greenland
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Trump looks to Greenland to cement his legacy and expand sphere of US influence
The president-elect said he would not rule out using military or economic action to acquire the overseas Danish territory after he takes office on Jan. 20.
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January 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"The real legacy is you have expanded the United States. Literally in 70 years we haven't added one piece of real estate to the portfolio. He talks about it a lot."
Our piece today on why Trump *really* wants Greenland
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Our piece today on why Trump *really* wants Greenland
www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Scoop: Trump's Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, has postponed his first post-election Kyiv trip, which was slated for early Jan, per sources
Reason not immediately clear but it underlines how solving the conflict will be more time-intensive than Trump had planned
Trip now expected after inauguration
Reason not immediately clear but it underlines how solving the conflict will be more time-intensive than Trump had planned
Trip now expected after inauguration
January 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Scoop: Trump's Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, has postponed his first post-election Kyiv trip, which was slated for early Jan, per sources
Reason not immediately clear but it underlines how solving the conflict will be more time-intensive than Trump had planned
Trip now expected after inauguration
Reason not immediately clear but it underlines how solving the conflict will be more time-intensive than Trump had planned
Trip now expected after inauguration
New: Trump just filed another motion to delay sentencing in the New York hush money case, which is slated for Jan. 10, according to court document
via @reuters.com
via @reuters.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New: Trump just filed another motion to delay sentencing in the New York hush money case, which is slated for Jan. 10, according to court document
via @reuters.com
via @reuters.com
A bit of Greenland news in our latest Trump/foreign policy analysis:
December 24, 2024 at 12:53 AM
A bit of Greenland news in our latest Trump/foreign policy analysis:
December 19, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Scoop: Trump's incoming Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, is planning a fact-finding trip to Kyiv, per sources
He will visit several other European capitals, but the plan is to skip Moscow for now
This is the first trip to Ukraine by an incoming Trump official
He will visit several other European capitals, but the plan is to skip Moscow for now
This is the first trip to Ukraine by an incoming Trump official
December 17, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Scoop: Trump's incoming Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, is planning a fact-finding trip to Kyiv, per sources
He will visit several other European capitals, but the plan is to skip Moscow for now
This is the first trip to Ukraine by an incoming Trump official
He will visit several other European capitals, but the plan is to skip Moscow for now
This is the first trip to Ukraine by an incoming Trump official
Assad told his presidential office manager on Saturday when he finished work he was going home but instead headed to the airport.
He also called his media adviser, and asked her to come to his home to write him a speech. She arrived to find no one was there.
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He also called his media adviser, and asked her to come to his home to write him a speech. She arrived to find no one was there.
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Assad's final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight
Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed. Instead, aides, officials and even relatives were deceived or kept in the dark, more than a dozen people with knowledge of the events told Reuters.
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December 13, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Assad told his presidential office manager on Saturday when he finished work he was going home but instead headed to the airport.
He also called his media adviser, and asked her to come to his home to write him a speech. She arrived to find no one was there.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
He also called his media adviser, and asked her to come to his home to write him a speech. She arrived to find no one was there.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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NEW: Trump crypto venture partners with platform linked to Middle East militants Hamas and Hezbollah
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Trump crypto venture partners with platform linked to Middle East militants
A crypto venture recently unveiled by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his new Middle East envoy, billionaire Steve Witkoff, has partnered with a crypto platform that authorities and financial experts say has been used by criminals and Iran-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.
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December 12, 2024 at 5:17 PM
NEW: Trump crypto venture partners with platform linked to Middle East militants Hamas and Hezbollah
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Scoop: William Evanina, formerly the nation's top counterintelligence official, has been interviewed for the deputy DNI job, according to two sources
There are others in the running. He would make for a relatively conventional counterbalance to Gabbard
There are others in the running. He would make for a relatively conventional counterbalance to Gabbard
December 11, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Scoop: William Evanina, formerly the nation's top counterintelligence official, has been interviewed for the deputy DNI job, according to two sources
There are others in the running. He would make for a relatively conventional counterbalance to Gabbard
There are others in the running. He would make for a relatively conventional counterbalance to Gabbard
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy used his first meeting with Donald Trump since the US election to explain Ukraine's need for security guarantees in any negotiated end to the war with Russia, two sources familiar with the Dec. 7 discussions said reut.rs/3ZyqMn7
Zelenskiy made case for security guarantees at meeting with Trump
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy used his first meeting with Donald Trump since the U.S. election to explain Ukraine's need for security guarantees in any negotiated end to the war with Russia, two sources familiar with the Dec. 7 discussions said.
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December 11, 2024 at 7:02 AM
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy used his first meeting with Donald Trump since the US election to explain Ukraine's need for security guarantees in any negotiated end to the war with Russia, two sources familiar with the Dec. 7 discussions said reut.rs/3ZyqMn7
New: We got a readout of the Trump-Zelenskiy-Macron meeting over the weekend
Trump pushed Zelenskiy to get to the negotiating table. Zelenskiy said he was open to talks - but preconditions were needed
www.reuters.com/world/zelens...
Trump pushed Zelenskiy to get to the negotiating table. Zelenskiy said he was open to talks - but preconditions were needed
www.reuters.com/world/zelens...
Zelenskiy made case for security guarantees at meeting with Trump
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy used his first meeting with Donald Trump since the U.S. election to explain Ukraine's need for security guarantees in any negotiated end to the war with Russia, two sources familiar with the Dec. 7 discussions said.
www.reuters.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:12 PM
New: We got a readout of the Trump-Zelenskiy-Macron meeting over the weekend
Trump pushed Zelenskiy to get to the negotiating table. Zelenskiy said he was open to talks - but preconditions were needed
www.reuters.com/world/zelens...
Trump pushed Zelenskiy to get to the negotiating table. Zelenskiy said he was open to talks - but preconditions were needed
www.reuters.com/world/zelens...
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NEW: Trump plans major reshaping of U.S. policies within hours of taking office
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Trump plans major reshaping of U.S. policies within hours of taking office
Trump is planning a blizzard of more than 25 executive orders and directives on his first day in office.
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December 11, 2024 at 5:21 PM
NEW: Trump plans major reshaping of U.S. policies within hours of taking office
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News:
Kevin Guthrie, Florida's top emergency management official, is in the running to be Trump's FEMA director. He was interviewed by transition officials last week, per sources
Kevin Guthrie, Florida's top emergency management official, is in the running to be Trump's FEMA director. He was interviewed by transition officials last week, per sources
December 10, 2024 at 8:31 PM
News:
Kevin Guthrie, Florida's top emergency management official, is in the running to be Trump's FEMA director. He was interviewed by transition officials last week, per sources
Kevin Guthrie, Florida's top emergency management official, is in the running to be Trump's FEMA director. He was interviewed by transition officials last week, per sources
Transition scooplet:
Trump's State Department transition team is interviewing candidates for assistant secretary of state (A/S) and undersecretary positions
Typically, most of these positions have gone to career foreign service officers. Trump is discontinuing this norm, per sources
Trump's State Department transition team is interviewing candidates for assistant secretary of state (A/S) and undersecretary positions
Typically, most of these positions have gone to career foreign service officers. Trump is discontinuing this norm, per sources
December 10, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Transition scooplet:
Trump's State Department transition team is interviewing candidates for assistant secretary of state (A/S) and undersecretary positions
Typically, most of these positions have gone to career foreign service officers. Trump is discontinuing this norm, per sources
Trump's State Department transition team is interviewing candidates for assistant secretary of state (A/S) and undersecretary positions
Typically, most of these positions have gone to career foreign service officers. Trump is discontinuing this norm, per sources
New: Zelenskiy publicly floats freezing the prevailing battle lines in Ukraine, an approach favored by Trump advisers but unlikely to appeal to Putin, who wants all of the Donbas and two other Ukrainian regions he doesn't fully control
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Zelenskiy floats idea of deploying foreign troops to Ukraine before NATO membership
Ukraine has insisted throughout the war that it needs security guarantees to prevent Russia launching another invasion after the current hostilities are halted.
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:32 PM
New: Zelenskiy publicly floats freezing the prevailing battle lines in Ukraine, an approach favored by Trump advisers but unlikely to appeal to Putin, who wants all of the Donbas and two other Ukrainian regions he doesn't fully control
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
New: Trump, Zelenskiy and Macron are currently meeting at Elysee Palace in Paris, per images divulged by aides
First in-person meeting b/w Trump and Zelenskiy since election.
Reuters reported earlier in the week that a tri-lateral was on the table
First in-person meeting b/w Trump and Zelenskiy since election.
Reuters reported earlier in the week that a tri-lateral was on the table
December 7, 2024 at 4:53 PM
New: Trump, Zelenskiy and Macron are currently meeting at Elysee Palace in Paris, per images divulged by aides
First in-person meeting b/w Trump and Zelenskiy since election.
Reuters reported earlier in the week that a tri-lateral was on the table
First in-person meeting b/w Trump and Zelenskiy since election.
Reuters reported earlier in the week that a tri-lateral was on the table
New: Representatives for Trump and Zelenskiy have discussed a meeting in Paris this weekend. If it comes together, will be last-minute and discreet
Trilateral w/ Macron one possibility
Trilateral w/ Macron one possibility
Ukraine's Zelenskiy heads to Paris with possible Trump talks in mind, sources say
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will travel to Paris to attend the re-opening of Notre-Dame cathedral on Saturday, and could use the trip to hold talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, two diplomatic sources said.
www.reuters.com
December 6, 2024 at 8:25 PM
New: Representatives for Trump and Zelenskiy have discussed a meeting in Paris this weekend. If it comes together, will be last-minute and discreet
Trilateral w/ Macron one possibility
Trilateral w/ Macron one possibility
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SCOOP: Trump may cancel US Postal Service electric mail truck contract, sources say
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Exclusive: Trump may cancel US Postal Service electric mail truck contract, sources say
Donald Trump's transition team is considering canceling the United States Postal Service's contracts to electrify its delivery fleet, as part of a broader suite of executive orders targeting electric vehicles, according to three sources familiar with the plans.
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December 6, 2024 at 5:28 PM
SCOOP: Trump may cancel US Postal Service electric mail truck contract, sources say
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