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“Ukraine” said in 49 of 109 transcripts, 152 times.
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May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…happened. It would have never happened. And you—and you know, the Ukraine-Russia wouldn't have happened. But I'll tell you what else wouldn't have…
May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…and everything—you have—you know, these soldiers, they say goodbye, in Ukraine and in Russia, and then their parents never see them again, except…
…at the mess we're in. You're talking about all these questions on Ukraine and Russia. That would have never happened. As an example, if I…
May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to a lot of work. We'll see what happens with Russia and Ukraine. I think it's something that's—it's just—we got to stop the…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…way. But we're going to do—when you think of it, Russia-Ukraine would have never started. October 7, Israel, would have never happened, because…
…There are a lot of people that said that Russia went into Ukraine when they saw that. They said, "Wow, we didn't think that was…
…never happened if I were President. Russia would have never gone into Ukraine. All of those things, they would have never happened. But the Afghanistan…
May 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…interesting couple of hours. We discussed the world. We discussed Russia and Ukraine, where you've been a tremendous help in so many different ways. We…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…also been working relentlessly to end the terrible bloodshed between Russia and Ukraine. And very importantly, talks are being held in Turkey later this week…
…done. Five thousand people—young people, for the most part—soldiers from Ukraine, soldiers from Russia—they're not from here, and they're not from the…
…Saudi Arabia for the constructive role that you've played in facilitating the Ukraine talks. And it really is—you've been amazing. You've made everything available…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…about that: Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., Qatar. On—Thursday's meeting with Russia and Ukraine is very important. I was—very insistent that that meeting take place…
…000 soldiers. Russian—they're not American soldiers. They're from Russia. They're from Ukraine, but they're people. They're human souls, and they're being killed at levels…
…good result out of the Thursday meeting in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine. And I believe the two leaders were going to be there. I…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…is shocking everybody. They said, "Oh, gee." And we just had the Ukraine—we just were notified that Ukraine just approved our big rare earth…
May 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…by just adding that we just concluded the rare earth deal with Ukraine. That's been fully ratified and approved by their legislative branches. And so…
May 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…having—you wouldn't have October 7. You wouldn't have Russia fighting with Ukraine. You wouldn't have had that disaster in Afghanistan. You wouldn't have had…
May 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…the bloody and destructive conflicts and one, in particular, with Russia and Ukraine and—where you're losing 5,000 young people a week on average…
…think a lot, because I think Russia wanted to take all of Ukraine, and they've stopped. That's a lot of progress. You know, it's a…
May 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…think we're in a good position to settle. They want to settle. Ukraine wants to settle. If I weren't President, nobody would be settling. They're…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…home. You wouldn't have had October 7. You wouldn't have had the Ukraine-Russian horror show that's going on that we're trying to stop, where…
…So think of those parents, you know? They're from Russia, they're from Ukraine, for the most part, and—and other people, but for the most…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…China? How am I going to stop the war with Russia and Ukraine?" This guy could fall asleep with cameras blazing—right?—I'm—not too…
…that gross incompetence that probably led Putin to go in and attack Ukraine, because they were never going to—that was never going to happen…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…fighting very hard on the China front and the Russia front with Ukraine and what's happening in the Middle East. And a lot of good…
Apr 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…happen. We're spending hundreds of billions—maybe $350 billion we've given to Ukraine—and we could use that money right here. So I'd like to…
Apr 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…soldiers. They're not from America, they're not from anywhere else other than Ukraine and Russia, but we want to save these lives. So it's 2…
…we're working on right now that shouldn't have happened. None of it. Ukraine would have never happened with Russia. October 7 would have never happened…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…it: open borders, millions of people coming into our country. Russia and Ukraine, that would have never happened. October 7 would have never happened. Afghanistan…
…have to. I want to see—I want to see Russia and Ukraine make a deal. They've got to make a deal. When schools get…
…good. I hope we're going to make a deal with Russia and Ukraine. But with Iran, yes, if we—if it requires military, we're going…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…we're trying like hell to get the fighting stopped between Russia and Ukraine—a thing that never would have happened if the election wasn't rigged…
…were President. October 7 would have never happened, and I said Russia-Ukraine would have never happened. All this stuff. Inflation would have never happened…
Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…many as I can. I'm pretty busy trying to stop Russia and Ukraine. And the Middle East, we've got to stop that. We're going to…
…from other countries, but they're human beings. They're from Russia. They're from Ukraine, in this period, most of them. And we're going to get it…
…And I think we're being given good cooperation by Russia and by Ukraine, but we have to get it stopped. It's humanity. It's humanity. It's…
Mar 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…single week: 2,500. And they're not from our country. They're from Ukraine, and they're from Russia. But it's human lives, and if we can…
Mar 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…the October 7 disaster with Israel. You wouldn't have had Russia and Ukraine, because that would have never happened. You wouldn't have had inflation. You…
…which was probably one of the primary reasons that Russia went into Ukraine. They saw that mess, how badly it was handled, and they said…
Mar 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…and lots of other things all over the world but, in particular, Ukraine. We're doing very well with regard to Ukraine and Russia. And one…
…is signing a deal very shortly with respect to rare earths with Ukraine, which they have a tremendous value in rare earth, and we appreciate…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…spoken with President Putin. We've spoken with a lot of people, and Ukraine is waiting. I'm very concerned about the field. In the field, there's…
Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…time; allowing the Russian situation—it was never going to happen—with Ukraine; allowing October 7 to happen— would have never happened because, under me…
…but I think we're doing well. As you have been hearing about Ukraine, I think we're doing, now, well with Russia. We're speaking with President…
…And we've had some very good calls today with Russia and with Ukraine. They've agreed for a ceasefire, if we can get it with Russia…
Mar 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…to let that happen anymore. But, very importantly, and I said it: Ukraine, a cease-fire. Ukraine. Cease- fire. Just agreed to a little while…
…at the Oval Office and this. So that's a total cease-fire. Ukraine has agreed to it, and hopefully, Russia will agree to it. We're…
…have wars. When I left, we had no wars. We didn't have Ukraine and Russia. We didn't have October 7. We didn't have that disaster…
Mar 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…well with Russia, but, right now, they're bombing the hell out of Ukraine. And Ukraine, I'm finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine…
…You can't do that." Trying to—we're trying to help them. And Ukraine has to get on the ball and get a job done. Michael…
…that right now. He wants to get it ended. And I think Ukraine wants to get it ended, but I don't see—it's crazy. They're…
Mar 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…one myself. Yes. Well, France is also willing to put soldiers into Ukraine for safety reasons, if we can get it. I will say that…
…screwing us on trade. Well, I think what's going to happen is, Ukraine wants to make a deal because I don't think they have a…
Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times
…been talking about that so much lately with everything going on with Ukraine and Russia, but a lot of things are happening in the Middle…
…neighborhood, actually. I'm also working tirelessly to end the savage conflict in Ukraine. Millions of Ukrainians and Russians have been needlessly killed or wounded in…
…The United States has sent hundreds of billions of dollars to support Ukraine's defense with no security, with no anything. Do you want to keep…
Mar 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…seven hundred young—in this case, just about, all young boys from Ukraine and from Russia. And that's not young people from the United States…
…people a week. And people would say why do I care about Ukraine, young people; why do I care about—and not all young, but…
…with Russia, and you're going to have to make a deal with Ukraine. You're going to have to have the assent, and you're going to…
Feb 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…other things. And, look, we're spending hundreds of billions of dollars on Ukraine and Russia fighting a war that should have never, ever happened. That's…
…the right to fight on and, originally, the right to fight. Look, Ukraine, I will say, they're very brave and they're good soldiers, but without…
…We'll be looking at that. Security—you're talking about general security for Ukraine later on. I don't think that's going to be a problem. There…
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…all of them are coming along good. We're doing well with Russia, Ukraine. We're going to get this country out of a lot of big…
Feb 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…got to talk about something very important: the war between Russia and Ukraine. People are being killed, mostly young men— mostly Russian and Ukrainian men…
Feb 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…the Middle East and the death that's taking place between Russia and Ukraine that's been going on, and we're going to end it. There's no…
…shape, I have to tell you. To end the horrible war in Ukraine, I have spoken with President Putin and President Zelenskyy, and our teams…
…It's not even soldiers from the Middle East, in the case of Ukraine-Russia, but it's people. It's young people from Russia and Ukraine, mostly…
Feb 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times
…on on a daily basis. It's a horrible thing. Both Russia and Ukraine—they're losing thousands and thousands of soldiers, and a lot of people…
…surprised at how many people, not only soldiers, have been killed in Ukraine. A lot more people than you think. Yes, please. Well, nobody has…
…Yes. Well, we have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine; where we have martial law—essentially martial law in Ukraine; where the…
Feb 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…have inflation, you wouldn't have October 7, you wouldn't have Russia and Ukraine fighting. None of those things would have happened if I were President…
Feb 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times
…us right on the military either. I mean, if you look at Ukraine, we're in for probably $200 billion more than Europe. Why are we…
…course, they would. I mean, they're part of it. We would have Ukraine. We'd have Russia, and we'll have other people involved too—a lot…
…I'll tell you what, this is a very interesting situation. But the Ukraine war has to end. The young people are being killed at levels…
Feb 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 10 times
…we'll see what we can do about the second meeting. What about Ukraine? No, I haven't. I haven't committed to go to Ukraine. I would…
…many years. They—they've been saying that for a long time that Ukraine cannot go into NATO. And—— And I'm—and I'm okay with that…
…Secretary of Treasury right now who's actually quite brave. He's over in Ukraine on a train, and there's a lot of things happening around that…
Feb 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…could be a big, important part of getting the war over with Ukraine. And we appreciate President Putin's—what he—what he did. He was…
Feb 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…But I do believe we're making progress. We want to stop the Ukraine-Russia war, and I want to stop it just because I hate…
Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…going to go just up. And I came back—we have Russia-Ukraine. We have the Middle East has exploded. All of these things would…
…the opposite, but they did everything wrong. That includes with Russia and Ukraine. That should have never happened also. All those millions of kids. You…
Feb 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…East and elsewhere. We're also working very hard with respect to Russia, Ukraine. That's a bloodbath. It's a total bloodbath. What's going on there is…
Feb 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…Okay. Good man. Okay. We've made a lot of progress on Russia-Ukraine. We'll see what happens, but a lot of progress has been made…
…of money. And one of the problems we have with the Russia/Ukraine situation is that. We wanted to see some equalization, because we're in…
…that whole situation to go—really going—I mean, going. We're telling Ukraine they have very valuable, rare earth. We want what we put up…
Jan 31, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…know, I think Russia would probably say close to 800,000 and Ukraine 6- or 700,000, and it's—it's just a senseless situation, and…
…going to protect you. It's very simple." But very unfair, as with Ukraine, because we're in for $300 billion plus, and they're in probably for…
…that was. I think Afghanistan really started the problem with Russia and Ukraine, when Putin looked over and he saw how incompetently that was handled…
Jan 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…oil, and that will automatically stop the tragedy that's taking place in Ukraine. It's a butchering tragedy for both sides, by the way. A tremendous…
Jan 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times
…a little surprised by that. If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately. Right now the price is high enough that…
…on Sunday. Our efforts to secure a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine are now, hopefully, underway. It's so important to get that done. That…
…Hopefully, China can help us stop the war with, in particular, Russia-Ukraine. And they have a great deal of power over that situation, and…
Jan 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…President, which you didn't, the war wouldn't have happened. The war in Ukraine would have never happened if I were President, but that couldn't happen…
…except for what they did to energy and their crazy spending. And Ukraine would have never happened, never. By the way, Russia never would have…
…demolition sites—buildings—massive buildings, bombed and coming down. The thing with Ukraine is that many more people died than you're reporting. You're not reporting…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…money. NATO has to pay 5 percent. We are— we're into the Ukraine war by $200 billion more than NATO. It's ridiculous, because it affects…
…an ocean in between, and we're—we've spent $200 billion more on Ukraine than NATO has spent, and they've got to equalize. Yes. Well, that's…
…as possible. It should have never started. You know, the war with Ukraine and Russia should have never started. It would have never started if…
Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…happening and going on. Some stupid things are happening. The war with Ukraine would have never happened, and it has. As you know, Israel would…