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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

The United States is not in a position to accept anything or reject anything, because ultimately, it's up to the Ukrainians.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

Well, ultimately, yeah. But I mean, what he means by root causes is this long historical complaints that we've heard repeatedly.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

Our goal here is to have a peace agreement to end this war.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

This is such a stupid media narrative that they’re coming here tomorrow because Trump is going to bully Zelensky into a bad deal.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

They're coming here tomorrow because they're supposed to come here tomorrow. We invited them to come.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

It would be a very big move by the president if he were to offer a US commitment to a security guarantee. That will be his decision to make.

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· Aug 17, 2025

I’m also going to be praying that it’s a productive time and a unifying time among all the leaders in the West and the president and President Zelensky.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

You’re saying talks are over. For the foreseeable future, for the next year or year-and-a-half, there’s no more talks, because there’s no one else in the world that can talk to him (Putin).

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· Aug 17, 2025

[Trump] ought to pick up the phone and ask Majority Leader John Thune to immediately pass the secondary sanctions bill that is supported by virtually everyone in the United States Senate.

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· Aug 17, 2025

I served alongside the president for four years. I know his style in dealing with these dictators. It’s the velvet glove, but I think the hammer needs to come, and it needs to come immediately.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

I'm not saying we're on the verge of a peace deal, but I am saying that we saw movement.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

We've been working with these people for weeks, for weeks on this stuff.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

If one side gets everything they want, that's called surrender.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

That's not an unreasonable request. That's something that needs to be worked on.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

We want to wind up with a peace deal that ends this war so Ukraine can go on with the rest of their lives and rebuild their country and be assured that this is never going to happen again.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

I don’t think new sanctions on Russia are going to force them to accept ceasefire.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

What we’re trying to do right now is end the war.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

Unfortunately, the Russians, as of now, have not agreed to that.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

A “full peace deal” between Ukraine and Russia is the best chance to end the conflict, but a temporary ceasefire agreement is “not off the table,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

If I got Russia to give up Moscow as part of the Deal, the Fake News, and their PARTNER, the Radical Left Democrats, would say I made a terrible mistake and a very bad deal.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Aug 17, 2025

There is NOTHING I can say or do that would lead them to write or report honestly about me.

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