Putin said he received a personal message from Trump inviting him to the “Board of Peace.”

Putin thanked Trump for the invitation.

Source: TASS

Putin:

Russia is ready to allocate $1 billion to the “Board of Peace” from funds frozen in the United States.

Putin:

The issue of Greenland and the United States does not concern Russia.

Putin:

Denmark has always treated Greenland harshly, as a colony.

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Putin does math:

Regarding Greenland… well, this doesn’t concern us at all—what happens with Greenland.

But we do have experience in resolving similar issues with the United States in the 19th century, I believe in 1867. As we know, Russia sold Alaska, and the United States bought it from us.

If my memory serves me correctly, the area of Alaska is around 1,717,000 square kilometers—perhaps a bit more. And the United States bought Alaska from us for 7.2 million US dollars.

In today’s prices, taking inflation into account over all these decades, that amount would be about 158 million dollars.

The area of Greenland is somewhat larger—around 2,166,000 square kilometers, also perhaps a bit more. That’s a difference of roughly 450,000 square kilometers.

So if you compare this with the cost of the United States’ purchase of Alaska, then the price of Greenland would be somewhere around 200 to 250 million dollars.

Putin:

Russia is discussing with the United States the use of Russia’s frozen assets to restore territories affected by the fighting after a peace treaty between Russia and Ukraine is concluded.

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) has charged Rostyslav Shurma, a former deputy chief of staff to Zelensky, with embezzlement and money laundering involving $3.3 million.

NABU says Shurma, his brother Oleh, and seven others fraudulently received state payments for solar power plants in occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia Oblast that were no longer producing electricity. The funds were allegedly obtained through Ukraine’s controversial “green tariff” renewable energy program.

Shurma served in the Presidential Office from 2021 to 2024. Both he and his brother are believed to be living abroad.

Source: The Kyiv Independent

Keith Kellogg:

I think Putin does not want to become Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia.

I think he is trying to figure a way to get out of this thing.

He knows he is not gonna end up winning this war.

Trump on his Greenland deal:

It is really fantastic. The U.S. gets everything we wanted, including real national security and international security.

Reporter: Does the deal still include the United States having ownership of Greenland?

Trump: It is a long term deal. It is the ultimate long term deal.

Reporter: How long is it?

Trump: Infinite. There is no time limit. It's forever.

Reporter: Why invite Putin to the “Board of Peace?”

Trump: We want everybody. I have some controversial people on, but these are people that get the job done.

These are people that have tremendous influence. All babies on the board, it wouldn’t be very much.

The Board will get a lot of work done that the UN should have done. We will work with the UN, but the “Board of Peace” will be special.

Trump on his Greenland deal:

We have a concept of a deal. I think it is going to be a very good deal for the U.S. and also for them.

We will work together on something having to do with the Arctic as a whole, but also Greenland.

Source: CNBC

Q: A deal of ownership for Greenland?

Trump: It is a little bit complex. We will explain it down the line.

It is the kind of a deal that I wanted to be able to make.

Source: CNBC

Q: Did Denmark weigh in on what they want?

Trump: I assume they did. Rutte very much represents them. I assume he has been speaking to them, all of them.

Source: CNBC

Trump on his Greenland deal:

It’s better than Obama’s Iran nuclear deal — this one is forever.

Q: If there was going to be a war, it was going to be a trade war. Is that fair to say?

Trump: I think so. I don’t see us fighting with Denmark and NATO.

Source: CNBC

Trump:

Obama gave them $350 billion for Ukraine, which was just terrible.

Trump on Iran:

They were going to hang 837 people — old-fashioned hanging. I told them you can’t do that. If you do that, it’s going to be bad.

They canceled it, hopefully permanently.

Trump on Iran:

Well, we hope there’s not going to be further action, but you know, they’re shooting people indiscriminately in the streets.

Q: Should we stay tuned in Iran?

Trump: I guess, it’s a rough place.