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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Steve Witkoff is teaching a master class to Russian officials on how to get what they want from Donald Trump. On Oct. 14, Trump's special envoy advised Vladimir Putin's top foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, on how the Russian dictator should curry favor with Trump before broaching a proposed peace plan between Russia and war-torn Ukraine, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. During the five-minute call, Witkoff told Putin's henchman that the Russian president should personally phone Trump, 79, ahead of his planned meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky"where Zelensky hoped, but ultimately failed, to secure long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles" to congratulate him on the Gaza ceasefire.

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Top Trump aide Steve Witkoff coached Russians how to win over US president with flattery during Ukraine peace talks: report
nypost.com

... A leaked phone call revealed a top aide of President Trump helped coach the Russians on how to win the commander in chief over with flattery while navigating negotiations on a Ukraine peace deal, according to a report.

The call between Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Oct. 14, discussed the possibility of Putin and Trump hopping on a phone call to discuss a peace plan, according to the transcript of a recording obtained by Bloomberg. ...




#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-26 12:16 AM | Reply

OK, taking a step back here ...

A top Trump admin negotiator seems to be talking directly with Pres Putin's team to discuss how to kill a sovereign Ukraine so that Pres Trump can win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Have I summed that up correctly?



#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-26 12:23 AM | Reply

Rep. Don Bacon "

@RepDonBacon

6h
For those who oppose the Russian invasion and want to see Ukraine prevail as a sovereign & democratic country, it is clear that Witkoff fully favors the Russians. He cannot be trusted to lead these negotiations. Would a Russian paid agent do less than he? He should be fired.

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#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-26 12:26 AM | Reply

so that Pres Trump can win the Nobel Peace Prize?

That is the only objective.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-11-26 12:32 AM | Reply

@#4 ... That is the only objective. ...

Last I checked, the Nobel Committee does not have a Nobel Surrender Prize.


Though, I may be wrong on that.


#5 | Posted by lamplighter at 2025-11-26 01:05 AM | Reply

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