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Ukraine's Zelenskiy Appeals to Trump Over Need for US Troops [1]
['Kevin Whitelaw']
Date: 2025-01-22
Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to President Donald Trump as he made it clear that the US military would be an essential component in any effective peacekeeping force. “It can’t be without the United States,” the Ukrainian leader said in an TV interview with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait in Davos. “Even if some European friends think it can be, no it can’t be. Nobody will risk without the United States.” Zelenskiy is also trying to persuade China to use its influence on Moscow to help end the fighting, though he expressed frustration that he hasn’t managed to speak more often to President Xi Jinping. Trump has been pushing for both sides to strike a peace deal, but Ukraine remains worried that Putin could use a ceasefire as an opportunity to rearm unless Kyiv’s allies, and ideally NATO, offer long-term security guarantees. Watch the highlights of the interview.
Trump’s return to the White House will lead to a boom in US technology deals, a top official at Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund said in an interview at Davos. “For now, it’s probably one of the best tech environments that we’ve ever seen in the US,” said Mohammed Al Hardan, the head of technology, media and telecommunications at the $51 billion Qatar Investment Fund. A day earlier, Trump trumpeted a $100 billion artificial intelligence joint venture between SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle.
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