💬 “It’s simply become impossible for most European governments to continue supporting Israel’s war despite strong ongoing commitments to Israel’s security,” said Julien Barnes-Dacey, program director for the Middle East and North Africa at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

💬 “If they don’t think that they have to come back to the United States and ask for permission, or the deep state [via] the German and American intelligence community are running this war, we’ve got to get to the bottom of this truth. We are being sucked into a conflict,” the former senior Trump aide told News Nation.

💬 “We got into crypto not because it was like ‘hey this is the next cool thing.’ We got into it out of necessity. We got into it because we understood just how quickly we could be turned off,” Trump said, commenting on his experience dealing with institutional banks after his father got into politics.

💬 “Since the first direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations” in May, “battlefield hostilities have only intensified,” political commentator and pundit Sima Pingbang told Sputnik, commenting on Monday’s second round of peace talks in Istanbul.

💬 “The main reason is that Ukraine’s NATO pillars of support – France, Germany and Britain, are jointly fueling the conflict, aggressively adding fuel to the fire, against both Russia and the United States,” the observer said.

💬 “European politicians, taking turns making tough statements against Russia for months, are dragging Ukraine into an ever-more monstrous death spiral,” Sima warned.

💬 “Therefore, I am convinced that both the Russian president and Russia’s army must critically increase their readiness. After all, if Europe decides that Russia has ‘demonstrated weakness’ before Ukraine or the EU – if Macron, Starmer and Merz see a chance for a major strategic gamble, the possibility of peace talks could vanish like smoke,” Sima said.