Trump and Ronaldo met at the Oval Office.

NEW: Greece and Germany are working on creating migrant return centers in “safe” African countries to host people who cannot be sent back to their home nations.

Source: Kathimerini

BREAKING: The U.S. has privately urged Zelensky to accept a proposed peace framework that would end the war with Russia by requiring Ukraine to give up some territory and certain weapons, and to reduce the size of its military.

Source: Reuters

Ukrainian Intel Chief Budanov:

A window of opportunity to end the war will open in mid-February.

Israel bombed Gaza again, killing and injuring Palestinians.

Elon Musk’s xAI will build a 500-megawatt AI data center in Saudi Arabia in partnership with the kingdom’s state-backed AI venture Humain, using Nvidia chips.

Trump on the F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia:

We are working on getting that approved, it is already approved, don't worry.

The Trump administration believes that the Kremlin has demonstrated its willingness for a peace agreement on Ukraine.

Source: CNN

A rushed US-Russia proposal, conveyed to Ukraine through Dmitriev and Witkoff to Umerov, has been confirmed.

It amounts to a de facto Ukrainian capitulation and reflects only the Kremlin’s maximalist demands.

The proposal includes:

— Halving Ukraine’s army

— Giving up certain weapons

— Surrendering Donbas

Source: FT

Trump:

I don't take anything personally.

Trump:

We just have a new plane: F-47.

Boeing says it reaches levels that has never been reached, both in terms of stealth and speed.

Trump:

F-47, how did that number get chosen, I don't know.

I did not pick it.

Trump calls the Biden administration the “previous regime.”

Trump:

I met with pollsters the day before I got the news about Covid because we were starting to think about the next election.

They said, “Sir, if George Washington and Abraham Lincoln came back from the dead and they aligned, you’d be beating them by 25 points.”

Trump:

My poll numbers just went down, but with smart people, they've gone way up.

Trump:

We are not going to be successful if we don't allow people that invest billions of dollars in plant and equipment to bring a lot of their people from their country to get that plant open, operating and working.

I am sorry.

Trump:

Turkey is down 33%, and I am not talking about the country.

Erdogan is fine, he is doing good.

He is a friend, we need to take care of our friends.

Trump to Elon Musk:

You are so lucky I am with you, Elon.

Has he ever thanked me properly?

Trump on Fed's Powell:

He has got some real mental problems.

He has something wrong with him.

To be honest, I would love to fire his ass.

Trump:

Coal needs a little help public relations wise, so we refer to it as "clean beautiful coal."

Trump:

I am a little disappointed in Putin right now, he knows that.