- President-elect Donald Trump floated the possibility of a meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the devastating conflict in Ukraine.
- “President Putin wants to meet. He’s said that even publicly. And we have to get that war over with, that’s a bloody mess,” Trump said Thursday.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced a $500 million aid tranche for Ukraine, a mere 10 days before President Joe Biden’s scheduled exit from the White House.
Friendly reminder to all that he pardoned Russian secret agents!