Trump declines to describe Putin as a 'dictator' after calling Zelenskyy one

• Trump calls Zelenskyy a "dictator" after blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion

  "A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left," President Trump wrote.
  
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  Trump calls Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ in growing war of words

  Even as the White House pushes to end the war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, describing him as a "dictator." NBC’s Richard Engel ...
  
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• Trump envoy describes 3.5-hour meeting with Putin in Moscow

  Steve Witkoff described a three-and-a-half-hour meeting he held with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, part of what he called a "trust-building" assignment.
  
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  Trump: Putin and Zelenskyy 'have to get together' to end the war

  President Trump was asked about his comments towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Putin and called on the two leaders to meet in order to end the war between the ...
  
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  Trump 'miscalculation' may mean danger for Zelenskyy, win for Putin: Source

  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared martial law early on Feb. 24, 2022, under Kyiv skies still tinged black by the smoke from Russian missile strikes.
  
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  US envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump's censure of the Ukrainian leader

  President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia says he's held “extensive and positive discussions” with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the three-year war
  
  ABC News - 3d
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  Culture wars: Trump’s takeover of arts is straight from the dictator playbook

  US president’s attempt to control or dismantle cultural institutions plays into a long history of authoritarians using arts to push their agenda. In 1937, leaders of Germany’s Third Reich hosted ...
  
  The Guardian - 3d
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  Trump’s Bargain With Putin Is ‘Shameful’

  Turning our back on Ukraine would only weaken America.
  
  The New York Times - 1d
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  Pope has 'peaceful' night after condition described as 'critical'

  Pope Francis is "more unwell than yesterday", the Vatican says, adding his prognosis "remains guarded".
  
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  Ukraine parliament affirms no elections during wartime in rebuff to Trump

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