- 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.
He has to check in with his boss.
Friendly reminder to all that he pardoned Russian secret agents!