Vladimir Putin

The Russian leader is eyeing a peacemaking role in the Middle East as his country continues to wage war in Ukraine.
Donald Trump previously said the U.S. knew where Iran's supreme leader was "hiding" but that Washington was not going to take him out "for now."
Fact checks flowed online after the president made claims about Russia at the summit.
The hallmarks featured within a toxic dynamic are there, she says.
Russia says it is currently drafting its version a memorandum that would establish the contours of a peace accord and cannot estimate how long that will take.
Things between the pair could “could get stupid real fast,” Charlamagne tha God said.
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger noted: "Nothing sadder than a tough guy who needs to remind you he's tough, right after admitting to shielding Russia."
“Trump and his advisers fancy themselves” as one thing, but on Russia, they are something totally different, warned the newspaper’s conservative editorial board.
The president railed against the Russian president — but also blamed Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Joe Biden for the ongoing war in Ukraine.
"This isn’t diplomacy. It’s moral collapse in real time," one X user remarked.
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