A petrol giant in Norway has announced a ban on fuel sales to all U.S. forces following Donald Trump’s treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, the Express reports.
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Murkowski Delivers Stinging Rebuke to Trump
“Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) delivered a scorching rebuke Saturday of President Donald Trump’s explosive exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a rare voice of Republican dissent as party members lined up in support of the president’s increasingly combative relationship with Ukraine,” Politico reports.
Said Murkowski: “I am sick to my stomach as the administration appears to be walking away from our allies and embracing Putin, a threat to democracy and U.S. values around the world.”
Hegseth Sends More Troops to the Border
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered about 3,000 active-duty troops to the southern U.S. border, including soldiers from a motorized brigade equipped with 20-ton armored Stryker combat vehicles,” the Washington Post reports.
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“I never thought that one day we would have to protect Ukraine from the U.S.”
— German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, quoted by Visegrád 24.
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Andrew Cuomo Announces Bid for Mayor
“Andrew Cuomo has announced his bid to be New York City’s next mayor, marking the former governor’s first foray back into politics since his resignation in 2021,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
GOP Wants $4 Trillion Tax Cut to Look Like Nothing
Wall Street Journal: “Republicans are readying an untested and aggressive move—a blatant gimmick, critics say—that would declare that Congress can extend expiring tax cuts and record no costs. House Republicans didn’t attempt the maneuver in the budget they passed this week. Key GOP senators are eager to try it.”
“Their push would likely lead to a high-profile Senate vote over a $4 trillion accounting question with significant implications for how deeply and permanently Republicans will cut taxes.”
“First, it makes a $4 trillion tax cut over a decade look like $0, which could be easier to sell to lawmakers and voters. Second, in the arcane Senate budget procedure world, declaring tax-cut extensions free opens Republicans’ easiest path to making President Trump’s expiring tax cuts permanent.”
Trump Adviser Says Musk Is ‘Here to Stay’
“For six weeks, members of the Trump White House who have grown weary of Elon Musk’s disruptive style have taken solace in the fact that he serves as a temporary government employee, with a 130-day cap,” Politico reports.
“But a White House official now says there is no known end date on Musk’s tenure.”
Trump Seeks to Fast-Track Deportations of 1 Million
“The Trump administration has directed federal officers to identify immigrants who can be rapidly removed from the United States without a court hearing as part of its quest to boost deportations,” the Washington Post reports.
“More than 1 million migrants who were admitted to the United States through an array of initiatives during President Joe Biden’s administration could be flagged for ‘expedited removal’ proceedings, though officials have instructed immigration officers to pore over the nearly 8 million deportation cases on their dockets to find more.”
Trump’s Dressing Down of Zelensky Plays Into Putin’s Hands
“President Trump says he wants a quick cease-fire in Ukraine. But President Vladimir Putin of Russia appears to be in no rush, and the blowup on Friday between Mr. Trump and Ukraine’s president may give Russia’s leader the kind of ammunition he needs to prolong the fight,” the New York Times reports.
“With the American alliance with Ukraine suffering a dramatic, public rupture, Mr. Putin now seems even more likely to hold out for a deal on his terms — and he could even be tempted to expand his push on the battlefield.”
CNN: Inside the 139 minutes that upended the US-Ukraine alliance.
Elise Stefanik Stuck in Limbo
“Frustrations are growing as Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-NY) wait to be confirmed as ambassador to the United Nations could stretch until April due to the House’s ultra-slim majority,” The Hill reports.
“Stefanik is facing a unique problem. Despite numerous international crises facing the U.S. and UN, she is considered more valuable in the House as lawmakers try to cobble together Trump’s agenda. That was especially the case for a dramatic Tuesday vote on the House’s budget resolution, when her presence was crucial.”
White House Had Asked Zelensky to Wear a Suit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the White House yesterday morning “without a suit or jacket, as requested,” Axios reports.
“It was perceived by White House staffers as disrespectful.”
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Ukraine Reels after Oval Office Fracas
“Ukrainians are reeling and fearful for their country’s future the day after a shocking public argument between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office threatened to derail future U.S. support for Ukraine,” the Washington Post reports.
New York Times: “After his disastrous meeting with President Trump, President Volodomyr Zelensky of Ukraine sought to reassure his war-weary citizens on Saturday that they were not alone in their fight against Russia, even as he sought to appeal to the American public with statements of gratitude.”
Axios: Zelensky says he doesn’t think he did anything wrong after public spat with Trump.
China Tells Its AI Leaders to Avoid U.S. Travel
“Chinese authorities are instructing top artificial-intelligence entrepreneurs and researchers to avoid visiting the U.S., reflecting Beijing’s view of the technology as an economic and national security priority,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The authorities are concerned that Chinese AI experts traveling abroad could divulge confidential information about the nation’s progress. They also worry that executives could be detained and used as a bargaining chip in U.S.-China negotiations, in an echo of a fight over a Huawei executive held in Canada at Washington’s request during the first Trump administration.”
Trump Agenda Is Testing Economy’s Resilience
Wall Street Journal: “It’s far too early to say if cracks are forming in the overall economy, which grew at a healthy 2.3% annual clip in the fourth quarter. The unemployment rate dipped to 4% in January, low by historical standards.”
But consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of demand, declined 0.2% in January, the Commerce Department reported Friday, instead of rising as economists expected. It was the largest monthly drop in four years.”
“Meanwhile, the Conference Board’s consumer confidence index posted its largest monthly decline in February since 2021, and consumer expectations of inflation have risen. An index of global economic policy uncertainty based partly on news articles and economic forecasts has topped its pandemic-era record.”
This Never Happened With an American President Before
Thomas Friedman: “What happened in the Oval Office on Friday — the obviously planned ambush of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance — was something that had never happened in the nearly 250-year history of this country: In a major war in Europe, our president clearly sided with the aggressor, the dictator and the invader against the democrat, the freedom fighter and the invaded.”
“You want an analogy? Imagine if, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel came to the White House this month, Trump and Vance told him that the war with Hamas had gone on too long, too many lives had been lost and it was costing America too much money, so it was time for Bibi and the Israeli people to do a deal with the Hamas aggressor.”
“Because Russia did to Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, what Hamas did to Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 — a surprise invasion, murder and the ensuing sexual violence to wreak destruction on another nation and its society.”
Peter Baker: “Never in the past few decades at least has a president engaged in such an angry, scathing attack on a visiting foreign leader in the Oval Office.”
European Leaders Scramble to Show Leadership
“Even before the extraordinary Oval Office bust-up between presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, relations between Washington and Europe were fraying dramatically,” NBC News reports.
“Now — after Friday’s diplomatic implosion between Trump, Zelenskyy and Vice President JD Vance — it’s not clear what the way back could be for the transatlantic alliance built over the past 80 years.”
CNN: Western allies rally around Zelensky after Trump spat deepens rift with Europe.
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