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Ukraine's attacks on Russia are pushing Putin closer to negotiating table, Trump NATO ambassador says

· Fox News

Ukrainian attacks inside Russia are helping push Moscow and Kyiv closer to the negotiating table, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker said on Saturday, as President Donald Trump continues pressing Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to negotiate an end to the war.

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Whitaker emphasized during "The Big Weekend Show" that it would take the cooperation of both adversaries to end the war, but said Ukraine "continuing to make strong attacks on Russia... is helping to, I think, bring the sides closer together."

The ambassador cautioned that Moscow and Kyiv still remain "a long way apart" on key issues, adding that the resolution would not come through hostilities.

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"This conflict is not going to be resolved on the battlefield. It's only going to [be resolved] through diplomacy and negotiation," he said.

"That's why President Trump and his team continue to talk to both sides to find any similarities between the positions to bring them together."

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If Putin is unwilling to compromise, striking a deal will be "impossible," said Whitaker.

"But I think if there's a deal to be made, President Trump is a businessman, he's a dealmaker, and I think he'll make the deal."

Trump said Saturday that 25,000 people were killed last month and another 32,000 the month before in the war between Ukraine and Russia.

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"Last month, 25,000 people died in the Ukraine-Russia war, okay? Twenty-five thousand," Trump told reporters on the White House lawn.

"The month before that, 32,000 people died … mostly soldiers, 97% soldiers," he added. "But whether they're soldiers or civilians, think of it: 32,000. Two months ago, 33,000 people; this month, 25,000 people died. What a shame."

Russia alone has lost as many as 450,000 soldiers since invading Ukraine in 2022, according to the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).

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This Famous Stand-Up Comedian Once Ran for President and Got Almost 50,000 Votes

· Vice

Dick Gregory might’ve started out as a comedian, but for a brief period in the late 1960s, he was also a politician. After running for Mayor of Chicago in 1967, he quickly set his sights on the presidency of the United States the following year. “I feel that the two-party system is obsolete,” said Gregory during an interview from 1968. “The two-party system is so corrupt and immoral, they cannot solve the problems confronting the masses of the people in this country,” he continued. 

As a write-in candidate for the Freedom and Peace Party, alongside activist and attorney Mark Lane, Gregory announced his plans to host an inaugural ball at a “Black House” in Washington, D.C. that November. The same month, he published an ad in Jet magazine saying, “A vote for Dick Gregory is a vote for a black, non-violent, pacifist, vegetarian who tells it like it really is. It is a vote for full constitutional enforcement of human rights and an immediate end to the Vietnam War.” 

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A Famous Comedian Ran for President in 1968, and EVEN Hunter S. Thompson Voted for Him

Gregory concluded the ad by writing, “Now is the time to speak out with your sacred right to vote and tell this corrupt, racist, privileged system what’s happening, baby, once and for all!” But although both Gregory and Lane seemed confident in their chances, Gregory expressed some skepticism in his ability to raise awareness of his candidacy. In that same Jet ad, Gregory pointed out that it was the only promotion he could afford, and complained that the press wasn’t giving him the same amount of coverage as George Wallace (who wound up in third place). 

In the end, Richard Nixon came out victorious, with over 31 million votes. For his part, Gregory pulled in a total of 47,097 votes (though, for some reason, a few sources cite that figure as being 200,000). One of those votes, by the way, came courtesy of renowned gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. “Hubert Humphrey lost that election by a handful of votes—mine among them,” Thompson wrote in his 1979 book The Great Shark Hunt, “and if I had to do it again I would still vote for Dick Gregory.”

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