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   In article <10g7fit$k26g$1@dont-email.me>, notgenx32   
   @yahoo.com says...   
   >   
   > President Trump is defending his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, over the way   
   he   
   > has conducted negotiations during the latest American push to end the war in   
   > Ukraine and will send him back to Russia to meet again with President   
   Vladimir   
   > V. Putin.   
   >   
   > Mr. Trump?s comments came Tuesday evening after Bloomberg published what it   
   said   
   > was a transcript of a phone conversation on Oct. 14 between Mr. Witkoff and   
   Yuri   
   > Ushakov, a top foreign policy aide to Mr. Putin. In the reported   
   conversation,   
   > Mr. Witkoff appeared to offer the Russian official advice on how the Kremlin   
   > could win backing from Mr. Trump for its preferred terms to end the conflict.   
   >   
   > Mr. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Mr. Witkoff had been   
   meeting   
   > with Russian and Ukrainian officials, and he cast the conversation as part of   
   > negotiations to end the conflict. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and then   
   > launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago.   
   >   
   > ?I haven?t heard it, but it?s a standard thing,? Mr. Trump said of the   
   > conversation. ?That?s what a deal maker does.?   
   >   
   > https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/politics/trump-ukraine-p   
   ace-deal-witkoff.html?smid=url-share   
   >   
   > No, a "deal maker" does not corruptly coach people on how to flatter Trump.   
      
      
   More hate propaganda bullshit.   
      
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