The U.S. budget deficit has surged to $1.147 trillion in the first five months of fiscal 2025, including a $307 billion shortfall in February—a 4% increase from last year.

Despite DOGE.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

Start of the war in Ukraine divided parties, its end is dividing them as well. Statements of Türkiye from the beginning are now being voiced by the US.

Trump's State Department quietly terminated a contract that was transferring evidence of Russian abductions of Ukrainian kids to the Europeans.

Source: New Republic

Another interesting post by Trump on Truth Social:

"Trump and Churchill: Defenders of Western civilization"

US Commerce Secretary Lutnick:

We are a great democracy. Greenland is going to join America if the people of Greenland want to vote to join America.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

The Turkish army is a battle-tested army with combat elements and equipment.

How many such armies can you field in Europe?

Trump on the Ukraine ceasefire:

We will know a little bit more on Monday.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

We have good relations with all EU countries.

Trump on his promise of ending the Ukraine war in 24 hours:

"I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that."

Trump:

I think Putin is going to agree to a ceasefire, I think I know him pretty well.

Zelensky:

The operation in Russia’s Kursk fulfilled its task.

The offensive forced Russia to divert troops from Pokrovsk, Kharkiv, and Sumy.

Russia's Medvedev sends an interesting message to the UK.

Putin made Trump's envoy Witkoff wait 8 hours while he held a meeting with Lukashenko in Moscow.

Source: Sky News

Trump:

What CNN and MSNBC are doing, writing 97.6% bad about me, is illegal. They are corrupt and they are illegal.

Trump:

We had very good calls today with Russia and Ukraine today.

Trump:

A lot of Ukrainian soldiers are encircled. We don't want them to be killed.

Trump:

Putin has respect for this country.

Trump:

Wherever you have the death penalty, you don't have drugs. But the American people is not ready for it.

US Secretary of State Rubio:

South Africa's ambassador to the US is no longer welcome in our great country.

Trump on Ukraine-Russia war:

First of all, you should not pick on someone who is much bigger than you.

This is how New Zealand bids farewell to a soldier who fought for Ukraine.

The fallen soldier’s comrades performed the haka—a Māori war dance symbolizing honor and courage.