And over the past year, I think we've become stronger.

Our guys are doing a great job, giving diplomacy a chance.

Without a strong position on the battlefield, a strong Ukrainian position, there will only be ultimatums. But today, diplomacy is possible.

We seek a diplomatic resolution to this conflict, not a kinetic resolution.

That's always what Trump seeks.

I think we agree with the Israelis on the end state for Gaza.

They just have crazy elections, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.

Whether they actually govern depends on whether BSW clears the 5% threshold — if it doesn't, seats redistribute and an AfD majority becomes possible.

Every other party still refuses to coalition with them.

AfD state leader Ulrich Siegmund says the party wants to govern alone.

A possible anti-AfD coalition of CDU, SPD, Greens, and Linke is mathematically tight and politically awkward — CDU has ruled out a formal coalition with Die Linke.

Siegmund has campaigned on mass deportations, ending new wind farms, changing the state slogan to "Think German," and reintroducing the national anthem in schools.

The result is being read as a direct protest against Chancellor Merz's federal government and a preview of the 2029 federal election.

Two more state votes follow soon in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The question now is whether the firewall holds or whether the AfD actually takes executive power in a German state for the first time since 1945.

I've made about 8 visits to Moscow to meet with Putin and his team.

We've always been treated respectfully by Putin and his team.

Relationships are critical in terms of solving conflicts like this.

If you don't have relationships with both sides, then you probably have very little chance of getting to a peaceful resolution.

"This is my land, my country. God promised it to me."

Israeli NGO Yesh Din identified the house as belonging to the Abdullah Abu Awwad family.

The settler was wearing a T-shirt associated with the banned Kahanist group Kach and carrying a club.

We came to see Putin first; we needed to hear where he stood.

We had good concrete conversations with him, which we advised Zelensky about.

We are confident that there will be a good resolution here.

There is a new Palestinian technocratic government that is neither the PA nor Hamas.

You can’t send the government in if there are guns.

We are starting to understand the scope of the militarization of Gaza. It is beyond your comprehension.

Demilitarizing it is not going to be easy.

We flooded aid into Gaza, and now it has one of the lowest malnutrition rates in the world.

We have a plan to rebuild Gaza. These things take time.

Trump has a track record of doing impossible things.

The last administration didn’t go to Russia. They had one visit with the CIA director.