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Emrys

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12. In case anyone was wondering how the Trump administration's going to play this,

Reply to Emrys (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 07:32 PM

Tuesday

wonder no more:

Update 6:30pm: The White House this evening put out a statement backing Witkoff.

“This story proves one thing: Special Envoy Witkoff talks to officials in both Russia and Ukraine nearly every day to achieve peace, which is exactly what President Trump appointed him to do,” White House communications director Steven Cheung said.

Hell, it might even work ...

Nah.

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Highlight:

Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump [View all] demmiblue Tuesday OP

LOL. "the triumph of the Gaza peace deal" LOL PSPS Tuesday #1

The Gaza plan is not one to hold up as a good example, Bayard Tuesday #2

Beat me to it. ananda Tuesday #3

The article's paywalled, but Emrys Tuesday #4

Here's the transcript of the call between Witkoff and Ushakov, which has now been posted on Twitter: Emrys Tuesday #5

Thank, Emrys. So they agree trump is a childish moron A-Schwarzenegger Tuesday #7

I do hope Levitt's PTSD isn't playing up Emrys Tuesday #10

In case anyone was wondering how the Trump administration's going to play this, Emrys Tuesday #12

I.e., "Don't pay any attention to the actual words in the phone call." A-Schwarzenegger Tuesday #13

That's actually an accurate paraphrase of what Trump said when asked about it on Trumpforce 1: Emrys Tuesday #14

"... he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia." A-Schwarzenegger Tuesday #15

Fuck!!! calimary Tuesday #9

Remember nixons chinese emissary who interfered with vietnamese peace talks Karadeniz Tuesday #6

Sleeping with the enemy, Witkoff? calimary Tuesday #8

To fill out the picture, here's a Bloomberg transcript of a second call, Emrys Tuesday #11

Kremlin Talking Points gfarber Wednesday #16

Traitors who betray traitors are the richest traitors of all. Kid Berwyn Wednesday #17

K&R with disgust for exposure meow2u3 Wednesday #18

Witkoff is a Russian agent blue-wave Yesterday #19