Diplomacy

Zelensky disrespected the US in its cherished Oval Office.

Make a deal with Russia or we are out.

He’s got to say I want to make peace. I don’t want to fight a war any longer.

I think we have a chance of a really good settlement between various countries.

They're dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I'll have that done - I'll have that done in 24 hours.

I've spoken to President Putin, and I think that thing is going to end. It's got to end.

Both countries had agreed to re-establish the functionality of our respective missions in Washington and Moscow.

I think he wants to stop the fighting.

The only leader in the world who can get Ukraine and Russia to agree to a ceasefire.

We're going to need to have vibrant diplomatic missions that are able to function normally in order to be able to continue these conduits.

If it’s real negotiations — and we’re not there yet — but if that were to happen, Ukraine will have to be involved.

We’re moving along. We’re trying to get a peace with Russia, Ukraine, and we’re working very hard on it.

Ultimately, one phone call does not make peace. One phone call does not solve a war as complex as this one.

You walk into a negotiation with everything on the table.

If we want a better outcome for Ukraine at the end of these peace talks, you need to be uncomfortably aggressive.

Musk is effectively operating as the Secretary of State, and he is meeting with a key foreign leader not to ask for concessions that would benefit Americans, but for concessions that would make him rich.

I think President Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin last week. And, in it, Vladimir Putin expressed his interest in peace.

Peace through strength. You understand that, right? It's called peace through strength.