on charges accusing Yoon of masterminding a rebellion and enacting martial law as an illegal bid to seize the legislature and election offices and arrest political opponents.
over Trump in the presidential primary before eventually endorsing Trump. The two made amends in the final months of Trump’s presidential campaign and have since forged a working relationship of mutual benefit. Thune has stayed in close touch with the White House, visiting Trump several times to discuss the bill, including on Wednesday.While the collaborative approach has won favor from Trump and colleagues who were agitating for a change, Thune has a long way to go in a short time. Passing the legislation will require hard choices, and not every demand can be met.
Still, Thune’s South Dakota colleague, Republican Sen. Mike Rounds, says he has already proved himself a “winner” with Trump and the conference by quickly moving the president’sthrough the Senate mostly without controversy. The Senate also recentlythat Republicans have long opposed after Thune delayed the vote for weeks to assuage procedural concerns from GOP moderates like Maine Sen. Susan Collins.
“Everybody wants to work with John,” Rounds said. “He’s not making anybody mad right now.”Rounds says Thune has also learned how to crack down when he needs to. Since taking power, Thune has shortened Senate vote times that were sometimes stretching for hours to just 15 minutes, in most cases. It was a hard lesson for some senators, but it won him respect from Republicans and, privately, even some Democrats.
But as they were adjusting to the change, some senators unexpectedly missed votes because of Thune’s new policy, Rounds said.
“Did he get yelled at a little bit? Yeah,” he said. “But once they got cut off once or twice, pretty soon they realized, if you want to vote, make it on time.”El asesor principal de Zelenskyy, Andrii Yermak, compartió su postura y dijo en conferencia de prensa en Washington que Rusia entiende la que significa la fuerza y no tiene la voluntad política para poner fin a la guerra.
Pero eso “no significa que Ucrania haya cerrado la puerta a continuar con las negociaciones”, destacó Yermak, quien formó parte de una delegación ucraniana que se reunió esta semana con legisladores, el Secretario de Estado Marco Rubio, el enviado especial Steve Witkoff y otros funcionarios en Estados Unidos.Trump ha prometido en reiteradas ocasiones poner fin rápidamente a la guerra, pero en las últimas semanas ha perdido la paciencia y ha llamado públicamente a Putin para que cese los combates, e incluso señaló que el gobernante ruso “se ha vuelto absolutamente loco”.
Sin embargo, Trump no se ha comprometido a respaldar un impulso bipartidista para incrementar las sanciones sobre Rusia.La llamada fue la primera conversación de la que se tenga conocimiento entre Trump y Putin desde el 19 de mayo. Según Trump y Ushakov, también discutieron sobre el programa nuclear de Irán y la posibilidad de que Rusia participe en las conversaciones con Teherán.