“…If you do not personally come to the conclusion that it is time to end this war, Ukraine will continue fighting for its existence. We will have those who support us.
But you, too, will have to fight much harder for your own existence – not Russia’s, but your own. And this is not a threat from me or from Ukraine. It is a fact of Russian history that you know well: when Russia grows tired, change comes…”
The Trump family already has earned about $1 billion from their arrangement with World Liberty Financial. The addition of millions of new users from Pakistan would provide World Liberty with more activity on the platform and more stability—and the Trumps with more cash flow as tokens are bought and sold.
It’s not clear if the effort by World Liberty Financial and Saqib to bring Trump’s defi operation into a potentially hugely lucrative relationship with the Pakistani government is the reason for Pakistan’s newly emerged role as Washington’s closest friend in the region, or if it’s the result of the arrangement—or something else entirely. But whatever the case, Trump is mixing his personal financial interests and US national security interests by intertwining his family business with the Pakistani government, while collaborating with Pakistan in this diplomatic initiative...
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/parkistan-iran-trump-witkoff-world-liberty-financial/
Democrats erupt in protest, but Republicans make their peace with “negotiating Trump style.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/07/trump-iran-civilization-threat-congress-00862348
Tehran puts forward five-point counter-proposal and says war will end when it decides and on its terms…
Negotiators had reached agreement on key issues despite Trump team's idiosyncratic approach. Two days later, war began…
Britain's national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, attended the final talks between the US and Iran and judged that the offer made by Tehran on its nuclear programme was significant enough to prevent a rush to war, the Guardian can reveal.
Powell thought progress had been made in Geneva in late February and that the deal proposed by Iran was "surprising", according to sources.
Two days after the talks ended, and after a date had been agreed for a further round of technical talks in Vienna, the US and Israel launched the attack on Iran...
In the talks Iran wanted to talk specifics about sanctions relief and nuclear compromises, but Washington sent only Kushner and Witkoff – not any experts, confusing the Iranian delegation about how to move forward, according to one person familiar with the diplomacy.
The Americans did not see the need for any experts to discuss zero uranium enrichment, a second person said...
A 1951 treaty between the U.S. and Denmark already covers much of what a potential agreement on the island would include...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/greenland-negotiations-resemble-existing-deal-00742482
In Davos, the president urged negotiations for "a piece of ice."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/21/trump-greenland-rules-out-force-00738640
