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Germany says US talks on Russia-Ukraine war are ‘deadlocked,’ but China has different take
Tensions are running high as the U.S. works to broker a deal to end the years-long Ukraine-Russia war. While a German official expressed doubt about the efficacy of the Washington-led talks, a Chinese official gave a more optimistic outlook on the ceasefire efforts.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, warned the U.S. not to «engage with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s stalling tactics.» She also urged Europe to back Ukraine, describing the talks between the U.S. and Russia as being in a «deadlock,» the Associated Press reported.
However, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi disagreed with Baerbock’s assessment of the U.S.-Russia talks, and insisted that progress was being made. China’s relationship with Russia has grown over the course of the Ukraine war, with Beijing providing Moscow with diplomatic support and a trading partner.
Trump will be speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin about a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire this Tuesday.
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Yi was recently quoted as saying that «certain results have been achieved» in the talks, according to the AP. He also said in an interview that China supports the goal of «a fair, long-term, binding peace agreement acceptable to all parties involved,» the AP reported.
President Donald Trump showed some agreement with China’s assessment, saying that progress was being made, but still expressed frustration with both sides. The president scolded Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when speaking to reporters on Sunday, saying that there is «tremendous hatred» between the two leaders.
President Donald Trump has expressed frustration with both Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin as peace talks appear to falter. (Fox News Digital image)
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Trump also said in a weekend interview that he was «pissed off» at Putin for lashing out at Zelenskyy.
«If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault — which it might not be — but if I think it was Russia’s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,» Trump told NBC News.
President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
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The U.S. has struggled in its efforts to secure an immediate 30-day ceasefire deal, despite Moscow saying it agreed with a truce «in principle.»
In mid-March, State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said «the ball is now in Russia’s court» when it comes to ending the war that has persisted for more than three years.
Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom and Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
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Iran’s UN ambassador takes swipe at Trump in final hours before Strait of Hormuz deadline
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Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations took a swipe at President Donald Trump on Tuesday hours before Trump’s deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling one of the president’s posts on Truth Social «deeply irresponsible» and «profoundly alarming.»
Trump has given the Iranian regime until 8 p.m. ET to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — a key waterway — or face strikes against its power plants and bridges.
In a post Tuesday morning, Trump said, «A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,» and, «I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.»
«Today the President of the United States again resorted to language that is not only deeply irresponsible but profoundly alarming, declaring that, quote, ‘the whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back,’ unquote,» Amir-Saeid Iravani said at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday afternoon.
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Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s U.N. ambassador, left, and President Donald Trump. (Timothy Clary/AFP via Getty Images; Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
«It is regrettable and alarming that while in full view of the international community, the President of the United States shamelessly and brazenly issues threats to destroy all civilian infrastructure in Iran, including bridges, power plants and energy facilities, by setting a deadline and openly reveals this intent to commit vile crimes and crimes against humanity,» Iravani added.
The White House, when asked by Fox News Digital for reaction, said, «The Iranian regime has committed egregious human rights abuses against its own citizens for 47 years, just murdered tens of thousands of protestors in January, and has indiscriminately targeted civilians across the region in order to cause as much death as possible throughout this conflict.»
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A satellite image shows the Strait of Hormuz, a key maritime passage connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, vital for global energy supply. (Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)
«As President Trump said today, Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and the Iranian people welcome the sound of bombs because it means their oppressors are losing. The President will always stand with innocent civilians while annihilating the terrorists responsible for threatening our country and the entire world with a nuclear weapon,» White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly added. «Greater destruction can be avoided if the regime understands the seriousness of this moment and makes a deal with the United States.»
Trump also said Tuesday, «now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?»
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«We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World,» the president added. «47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!»
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Walling Reacts To Trump’s Latest Threat To Iran
Democratic strategist Kevin Walling joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to give his take on President Trump doubling down on his 8 p.m. ET deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes against its power plants and bridges on Tuesday.
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Dozens of congressional Democrats are demanding that Republicans remove President Donald Trump for his latest threat against Iran, but one lawmaker says the idea isn’t «realistic.»
Several congressional Democrats want to invoke the 25th Amendment, a decades-old addition to the Constitution that empowers a president’s Cabinet to remove him from office if he is unable to do the job.
Some Democrats are arguing that Trump’s latest threat against Iran on Truth Social — where he declared that a «whole civilization will die tonight» unless his demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are met — is proof that he has lost the ability to carry out his role as commander in chief.
But Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., doesn’t believe now is the moment to pull the trigger on the 25th Amendment.
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Dozens of congressional Democrats are demanding that Republicans remove President Donald Trump for his latest threat against Iran. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«I’m getting a lot of traffic about the 25th Amendment after Trump’s mad rants,» Whitehouse said on X. «The president is facing serious mental decline; I’m with you on that.»
«But unfortunately, invoking the 25th is not realistic right now, given his oddball Cabinet of sycophants and eccentrics, and Republican ‘spines of foam,’» he continued. «We’re going to have to buckle down and win this the old-fashioned way.»
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But Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., doesn’t believe now is the moment to pull the trigger on the 25th Amendment. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Doing so would require Vice President JD Vance and a majority of Trump’s Cabinet to agree to remove him. They would then send a declaration to Congress, which Trump would likely dispute, requiring a two-thirds vote in both chambers to officially remove him from office.
It’s a much higher bar than impeachment and conviction — and a move that has never been used to remove a sitting president.
While the measure has been used a handful of times since its ratification in the 1960s — either for brief transfers of power during medical procedures requiring anesthesia or to fill vacancies in the vice presidency — it has never been used to involuntarily remove a president.
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Vice President JD Vance laughs at the sound of President Donald Trump calling in as he was delivering remarks at a Day of Friendship event with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at MTK Sportpark in Budapest, Hungary, on April 7, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Congressional Republicans similarly called for invoking the 25th Amendment against former President Joe Biden toward the end of his presidency, particularly after his debate performance against Trump in the summer of 2024.
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Still, Democrats are seeking recourse over Trump’s Easter comments and his latest post Tuesday.
«If I were in Trump’s Cabinet, I would spend Easter calling constitutional lawyers about the 25th Amendment,» Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said on X. «This is completely, utterly unhinged. He’s already killed thousands. He’s going to kill thousands more.»
Others are accusing Trump of being on the cusp of committing war crimes by targeting civilian infrastructure.
When asked if she believed that the administration would be carrying out a war crime by targeting power supply and bridges, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said, «No.»
«It’s an ongoing operation, and if he needs leverage, he’s using that leverage,» Ernst said.
Many Republicans have remained silent on Trump’s post.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment and has not yet received a reply.
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