One of the criticisms you sometimes hear of communism is that it sounds good in theory but it never works in practice.

That's actually not true. Communism does not sound good in theory.

They despise the West because the West is great.

A conventional war continuing for five years in 21st-century Europe in an increasingly destructive manner — there is no justification for this.

The risk of escalation is growing — geographically, toward new targets including infrastructure, and God forbid, with new types of weapons being deployed.

After all tools have been used, we see that both sides are psychologically becoming ready for a ceasefire.

They always say the darkest hour of the night is the one closest to dawn. We want to believe that this destructive moment we are struggling through in the war is the herald of a near peace and ceasefire.

One of the criticisms you sometimes hear of communism, for example, is that it sounds good in theory, but it never works in practice.

That's actually not true. Communism does not sound good in theory. The world it envisions for all of us is small, flat, gray, leveled of all exception, drained of all that is good and noble in the human soul.

The world it envisions is a world without courage. A world without creativity or ambition. A world without heroes or glory or great causes to strive towards. A world without miracles, without myths, without men who rise above the rest to do incredible and extraordinary things.

And the world communism envisions is a world without God.

I personally believe Ankara is one of the global diplomatic capitals.

Ankara played an extraordinarily important role in establishing the grain corridor at the beginning of the full-scale invasion.

One of the main platforms where a Zelensky-Putin meeting could take place could be Türkiye.

We support this and are grateful to the Turkish side for its readiness to take on such a high-level organizational mission.

If the war cannot be stopped entirely, then at least in a few critical areas — Black Sea security and energy security — a war moratorium can be declared. Targets need not be struck.

When the first Shahed with Starlink flew over Kyiv, we understood that if we don't shut down Starlink for the Russians, operator-guided Shaheds that can't be jammed will change flight trajectories and destroy all our air defense — Patriots, F-16s, everything.

There was a 1% chance of pulling this off. But Elon said: "Let's just talk by video."

It was our first video call. He said: "Okay, I'll do it."

Syrskyi saved our country in 2022. He participated in the Kyiv operation, the Kharkiv operation, Kherson.

We cannot underestimate such a commander. But the war has completely changed.

The drone changes its architecture four times a year minimum.

20-30 things change in technology annually. We must change too. We cannot ride on what worked then.

They attacked Sana'a airport and targeted it. In broad daylight, they started their aggression.

They had absolutely no justification, and it had nothing to do with them. We hadn't done anything.

They attack us, target us, and expect us to do nothing?

The real equation is this: you struck Sana'a, we must strike Riyadh. If you strike a port, we will strike your port. If you blockade us, we will blockade you.

Why do you want to blockade us, starve us, and deny us the right to use our own oil and gas wealth?

Why do you want us to writhe in hunger, leaving pain and suffering in every single home?

When Saudi Arabia commits an act of aggression, we will no longer just accept it.

They are in the wrong, they are oppressors, and they are aggressors.

Left-wing terrorism always ends in bloodshed, misery, and suffering. It only can travel in one direction.

There's no point at which the left-wing terrorist is satisfied with his gains and ceases progressing. Inevitably, left to run its course, it always becomes a gulag.

ICE has been subjected to an over 8,000% increase in violent assaults. This is not one-off episodes.

This is repeat, systemic, organized, funded insurrection and armed resistance against the federal government.

There was a sniper from a sniper nest who, using an assault rifle, tried to shoot ICE officers in Dallas, Texas.

Repeated direct violent attacks on federal law enforcement in order to veto the ballot box with violence.

This is a fatal cancer to civilization.

If your civilization is your home, you must defend it with the same passion and force as if an enemy intruder is inside your own house where your family lives.

The greatest threat is that even though there are far more of us — far more people who believe in order and civilization and liberty — if we are softer than those who seek to end us, then the smaller but more radical minority will succeed.

I was the subject of an assassination attempt in February 2024 by an adult left-wing activist, two hours after being sworn into my job.

So any of you who want to report that this is a fiction and does not exist — be there for the sentencing this August.