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Trump disappointed Russia launched rockets at Ukraine, blames Obama, Biden for Crimea giveaway
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was disappointed with Russia for launching missiles while trying to reach a peace deal between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Trump spoke with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Sunday evening, where he was asked about everything from the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and Iranian peace talks to the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre.
During the gaggle, the president said his meeting on Saturday with Zelenskyy went very well.
«We’ll see what happens over the next few days,» Trump said. «I was very disappointed that missiles were flying, by Russia…very disappointed.»
TRUMP AND ZELENSKYY HAVE ‘VERY PRODUCTIVE’ TALK AS THEY ATTEND POPE FRANCIS’ FUNERAL
President Donald Trump meets face-to-face with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since their Oval Office spat in February. (Vatican and Ukraine Ambassador to Holy See)
Trump and Zelenskyy met face-to-face for the first time since their infamous Oval Office spat in February, as both were attending Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome.
After the meeting, the Ukrainian president posted on X that the meeting was «very symbolic» and could potentially be «historic.»
The meeting came as peace talks between Russia and Ukraine appeared to be at a standstill with Zelenskyy and Putin making competing demands.
TRUMP INSISTS UKRAINE-RUSSIA PEACE DEAL IS CLOSE, BUT MISTRUST IN PUTIN LEAVES EXPERTS SKEPTICAL
President Donald Trump (center), Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right). (Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto via Getty Images | Contributor/Getty Images | Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Trump called the meeting with Zelenskyy on Saturday «beautiful.»
«Look, we have a tough road ahead, okay?» Trump said. «He told me that he needs more weapons, but he’s been saying that for three years. He needs more weapons, and we’re going to see what happens.
«I want to see what happens with respect to Russia,» Trump added.
He explained that he was very disappointed with Russia for conducting bombings in Kyiv after the discussions with both countries.
NIKKI HALEY ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE SAYS US SHOULD ‘WANT TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY’
An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 24, 2025. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)
Trump said Zelenskyy spoke to him about Crimea, which has been a sticking point for the Ukrainian president.
American officials have apparently floated the idea of recognizing Russia’s control of Crimea, a territory that Russia seized in 2014, as part of a ceasefire proposal. This would also involve the freezing of current frontlines.
But Zelenskyy has drawn a red line about Crimea.
In 2022, Zelenskyy said the Russian war against Ukraine and against the entire free Europe «began with Crimea and must end with Crimea – and its liberation,» according to a report from Axios.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a concert marking his victory in a presidential election and the 10-year anniversary of Crimea’s annexation by Russia on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 18, 2024. President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine a decade ago, a move that sent his popularity soaring but was widely denounced as illegal. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
On Tuesday, Zelenskyy reiterated his stance, shutting down the idea that Ukraine would recognize Russian control of Crimea.
Trump blamed the state of Crimea on former U.S. presidents.
«Crimea was given away by Barack Hussein Obama, and by Biden, like 11 or 12 years ago. That’s a long time ago,» Trump told reporters. «I don’t know how he could bring up Crimea, because that’s been a long time. Nobody brought it up for 12 years, and now they’re bringing it up now. So, I told them, I told him, he should maybe go back to Obama, ask him why they gave it up. They gave it without a shot being fired by him.»
As far as current negotiations about reaching peace, Trump said he wanted Putin to «stop shooting, sit down and sign a deal.»
«We have the confines of a deal, I believe, and I want him to sign it and be done with it,» the president said.
TRUMP SAYS ‘INFLAMMATORY’ ZELENSKYY STATEMENT ON CRIMEA PROLONGS WAR WITH RUSSIA
Shipping containers are seen at the container terminal of the port of Oakland, California, U.S., October 28, 2021. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
Since his return to the Oval Office, Trump said the U.S. has been more respected than ever before. He also noted that with that strength, there are actions he can take against Russia, though he is not looking to act.
«There’s no more games,» he said before taking another dig at former President Biden. «We have somebody that knows what he’s doing, not like the previous person who didn’t have a clue.»
Trump touted that since implementing tariffs, costs are dropping «way down.»
For instance, he said groceries, eggs and gasoline are coming down. He also said the U.S. is collecting «a lot» of money from the tariffs.
«Eventually, we’ll be reducing taxes very substantially to the people of our country because the money is so great coming in from tariffs, that I’ll be able to reduce taxes to a very large extent, and maybe almost completely,» Trump said.
Along with tariffs, the president addressed peace negotiations in Iran, saying he thinks the deal is going to be made without «having to start dropping bombs all over the place.»
VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND PRINCE ANDREW ACCUSER, DEAD AT 41 BY SUICIDE: REPORT
On a more somber note, Trump was asked for his reaction to Virginia Giuffre’s suicide in Australia.
Prince Andrew allegedly appears in this photograph with his arm around the waist of then-17-year-old Virginia Giuffre. Ghislaine Maxwell is standing to the right. (U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Giuffre, 41, one of Epstein’s and Prince Andrew’s most prominent accusers, filed a lawsuit against the English royal in New York in 2021. In the lawsuit, Giuffre claimed she was forced to have sex with him three times between 1999 and 2002, when she was underage.
She died in Neergabby, Australia over the weekend, where she had been living, according to an NBC report.
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«Well, it’s a very sad situation, the whole thing,» Trump said. «That whole situation is very sad, her and others. And so certainly that’s a horrible thing, horrible.»
Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson, Bradford Betz and Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
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Elon Musk se mete de lleno en política: qué propone y quiénes están detrás de su flamante Partido América
Hay una sola cosa que la fortuna de Elon Musk no puede comprar: la presidencia de los Estados Unidos. Para todo lo demás, existe su abultada e interminable billetera.
Musk, el multimillonario dueño de Tesla y X nacido en Sudáfrica, demostró que es capaz de influir en el inquilino temporal de la Casa Blanca, como la hecho con Donald Trump hasta su mediático divorcio, pero no puede ser electo presidente por no haber nacido en los Estados Unidos.
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Esa es su mayor traba que pone un límite a sus ambiciones políticas. Pero ese obstáculo no le impide intentar poner patas para arriba a la democracia estadounidense y a su sólido sistema bipartidista. Con ideas conservadoras y un coqueteo incipiente con el movimiento libertario local, busca crear desde cero su propia agrupación para desembocar en el Capitolio el año próximo. Se trata del America Party (Partido América).
Elon Musk tiene millones de razones para sustentar su propio partido
Musk aportó 200 millones de dólares para apuntalar la campaña de Trump. A cambio, el magnate republicano lo sumó a su gobierno como jefe del Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental (DOGE, por sus siglas en inglés).
Desde allí Musk despidió a miles de trabajadores estatales, cerró dependencias federales, recortó subsidios y programas sociales y lanzó una verdadera cacería de brujas contra el sector público.
El multimillonario Elon Musk lanza su propio Partido América (Foto: Reuters)
Pero el deficitario presupuesto de ley de Trump, aprobado por el Congreso, provocó el quiebre en la relación. Musk cuestionó en duros términos el proyecto. Según dijo, era “una abominación repugnante”.
La escalada no se detuvo ahí. Musk renunció a su cargo. Hubo acusaciones cruzadas y hasta una amenaza concreta de Trump de deportarlo a pesar de que el empresario es ciudadano estadounidense naturalizado. Todo se resolvió con una llamada telefónica para limar asperezas. Musk incluso pidió perdón por involucrar al presidente en los archivos del fallecido pedófilo Jeffrey Epstein. Fue un escándalo más acorde con un programa de chismes del espectáculo.
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Las aguas finalmente se calmaron. Pero ahora Musk va por más. Busca irrumpir con su propio partido en las elecciones de medio término del año próximo y alcanzar un puñado de bancas en el Capitolio. Si lo logra se convertiría en un influyente poder negociador para inclinar la balanza legislativa en medio de una gran paridad de fuerzas entre Republicanos y Demócratas.
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Musk no perdió el tiempo y comenzó a tejer alianzas.
Según el portal Politico, ya se reunió con el empresario de origen taiwanés y ex precandidato presidencial demócrata, Andrew Yang, fundador del Foward Party (Partido de Avanzada).
“Apoyo con entusiasmo a cualquiera que quiera abandonar el duopolio. Y me complace ayudar a dar una idea de cuál es el camino”, dijo Yang. Incluso, afirmó que podría ayudarlo a reclutar candidatos.
No fue el único en mostrar interés en su proyecto político. También lo hicieron el empresario Mark Cuban (exdueño de los Dallas Mavericks, la popular franquicia de la NBA), el financista Anthony Sacaramucci (administrador de fondos de alto riesgo estadounidense) y el inversor tecnológico Tyler Palmer.
Elon Musk, el dueño de Tesla, quiere irrumpir en la política estadounidense (Foto: REUTERS/Nathan Howard)
Pero Musk también empezó a coquetear con los movimientos minoritarios No Labels (Sin Etiquetas) y el Partido Libertario.
“Musk podría hacer que un esfuerzo de un tercer partido sea inmediatamente viable, y eso cambia el juego”, dijo Ron Nielson, quien dirigió la campaña del candidato libertario Gary Johnson para presidente en 2016.
Los libertarios están presionando a Musk a través de esa red social para que se una a ellos. El partido tiene ya una infraestructura armada y su plataforma coincide con las ideas de Musk, más afines a las del presidente Javier Milei.
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“Quizás existan motivos para una coalición entre los libertarios y el Partido América para presentar candidatos libertarios. Los republicanos demostraron que no son confiables”, dijo el titular del partido, Steven Nekhaila, citado por el sitio Axios.
Pero Musk quiere empezar de cero. El multimillonario fundador de Tesla tiene el dinero suficiente para montar de la nada un nuevo partido. No es una tarea fácil. Debe reunir miles de firmas de votantes en cada estado donde desee aparecer en las boletas electorales. La burocracia es muy difícil de sortear en muchos distritos y mucho más en aquellos territorios dominados por caudillos republicanos o demócratas que pueden poner trabas arbitrarias incluso para candidatos al Capitolio.
Otro punto que deberá sortear el dueño de X es su escasa popularidad. La última encuesta sobre su imagen, divulgada en enero por AP-NORC, reveló que el 52% de los estadounidenses tenía una visión desfavorable sobre el empresario de origen sudafricano. Solo el 36% mostró simpatía por él.
Qué busca Musk con su Partido América y cuáles son sus propuestas
El objetivo primario de Musk es lograr un puñado de bancas en el Senado y en la Cámara de Representantes que defiendan puntos básicos, en especial su lucha contra el enorme déficit de caja que sumará 3,4 billones de dólares en la próxima década a causa de la nueva ley de presupuesto aprobada en el Congreso.
Esos escaños, en un escenario de paridad legislativa, le permitirían convertirse en un factor de absoluto poder para aprobar o rechazar proyectos en el Capitolio. Resta saber si Musk querrá ser candidato o si permanecerá en un segundo plano como un gran titiritero y financista.
“Hay que reconocer el mérito: este plan es algo mejor que simplemente respaldar una candidatura presidencial de un tercer partido, condenada al fracaso, en 2028″, escribió The New York Times.
Elon Musk quiere llevar a su Partido America al Congreso (Ilustración: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)
Según el influyente diario neoyorquino, para que el partido tenga éxito “no debería centrarse únicamente en los estados clave más disputados”, donde los legisladores independientes tienen hasta ahora escasas posibilidades de llegar al Congreso.
En cambio, la estrategia debería apuntalar candidaturas en estados demócratas o republicanos para aprovecharse de la “exasperación persistente con el partido gobernante, incluso entre sus propios partidarios”, indicó.
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El segundo reto para el Partido América será encontrar candidatos que aporten credibilidad. Pero buscar esa clase de postulantes no será fácil. Musk necesita convencer a verdaderos pesos pesados de la política estadounidenses, como exgobernadores, senadores activos o retirados, un líder empresarial con perfil público positivo o algún independiente sin actividad política pasada.
Pero para que este partido funcione, a juicio del New York Times, Musk necesita distanciarse de su propia figura como “progenitor y financista”.
“Un guion exitoso probablemente tendría que ser deliberadamente vago, prometiendo compromisos en todos los frentes, mientras se definiría constantemente en negativo, en contra de la izquierda progresista y la derecha MAGA. De alguna manera, tendría que ser financiado por Musk sin ser Muskiano. Debería ser percibido como algo que él puso en marcha, pero que se negó a microgestionar, con sus candidatos exitosos como sus líderes naturales, en lugar del mismísimo rey de Tesla”, concluyó.
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Jasmine Crockett rips Trump ‘regime,’ vows ‘solidarity’ with Biden witnesses during House probe
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Progressive firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, made a second surprise appearance at the House Oversight Committee’s closed-door discussions with former Biden administration aides this week, once again criticizing President Donald Trump on the way out.
Crockett surprised reporters when she arrived roughly 15 minutes after House investigators’ transcribed interview with former White House advisor Ashley Williams began, declining to speak on the way in.
The Texas Democrat emerged just over 30 minutes later, saying little about what went on inside but telling reporters she still had «absolutely» no concerns about Biden’s mental fitness while in office.
She said it was important to «be there physically» for Biden allies being interviewed in the GOP probe – even going as far as suggesting the Trump administration created a threatening environment for members of Congress and its own political opponents.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett made a surprise appearance at the closed-door committee interview. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)
«It is important…in my mind, to be there for these witnesses. Unfortunately, we know what happens when this regime gets going. We know about the threats that come upon them, that come upon us as members of Congress,» Crockett said.
«I think it is important to stand there in solidarity and to at least be there physically so that they don’t feel like they’re alone as they are enduring egregious attacks consistently from this administration.»
Crockett was the only lawmaker seen going in or out of Williams’ meeting with investigators on Friday. The transcribed interview was expected to be staff-led, and lawmakers were not required to attend.
«Right now, the Republicans continue to act as if this is a main priority. Yet none of them are showing up,» she said.
«I do think that it is important that I show up because if they are going to make allegations about the former commander-in-chief, egregious allegations they continue to wage. I want to make sure that I’m in the room to correct the record, because a lot of times they like to mischaracterize things.»
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Former President Joe Biden’s use of autopen is being investigated. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images)
When asked by Fox News Digital if the interview was still ongoing as she exited, however, Crockett answered, «It’s still going. I’m leaving early. I’ve got to get to another thing.»
A source familiar with the ongoing proceeding told Fox News Digital that Crockett came in during Republican investigators’ round of questioning and so was unable to make inquiries herself. Fox News Digital reached out to Crockett for a response.
Williams was the former Director of Strategic Outreach under the Biden administration. She did not speak to reporters on the way into her transcribed interview.
Crockett initially caught reporters and potentially even staff off guard when she arrived for the closed-door deposition of Biden’s former White House physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., was there as well, as is the norm for sworn depositions.
Williams, unlike O’Connor, is not on Capitol Hill under subpoena.
The House Oversight Committee questioned President Joe Biden’s physician Kevin O’Connor during a recent hearing as part of a probe into Biden’s alleged mental decline. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
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During her Wednesday appearance, Crockett declared she never had any concerns about Biden’s mental state while he was president, though she did raise similar claims about Trump.
White House spokesman Harrison Fields told Fox News Digital in response to Crockett questioning Trump’s mental acuity: «The Democrats’ rising star has done more to cement the party’s demise than the President she breathlessly supported, the decrepit and feeble Joe Biden. Jasmine continues to prove she’d be better suited as a reality TV star on VH1 than an elected official on Capitol Hill.»
Comer is investigating accusations that Biden’s former top White House aides covered up signs of his mental and physical decline while in office, and whether any executive actions were commissioned via autopen without the president’s full knowledge. Biden allies have pushed back on those claims.
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17-year-old British teen dies after beach sand tunnel collapses during family vacation: report
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A day at the beach turned tragic when a 17-year-old boy was killed after a sand tunnel he was digging abruptly collapsed, burying him alive.
The teen, identified as Riccardo Boni by several Italian media outlets, was vacationing in Montalto di Castro, Italy, with his family when the incident occurred on Thursday, July 10.
Boni’s family was staying at a resort in Montalto di Castro, approximately 70 miles north of Rome. The collapse happened around 3:00 p.m. local time while he was on the beach with his father and siblings.
According to local outlet Corriere della Sera, Riccardo Boni and his younger siblings had moved closer to the shoreline, where they began digging a large hole that was reportedly nearly five feet deep, in a more secluded area of the beach. Meanwhile, their father was nearby, dozing off under a beach umbrella.
FATHER AND SON DROWN IN LAKE MICHIGAN DURING WEEKEND FAMILY BOATING TRIP TRAGEDY
An aerial view shows Lido of Ostia, Rome’s seaside, with private beaches closed for the winter season, on November 10, 2024. (Photo by Andrea BERNARDI / AFP) (Photo by ANDREA BERNARDI/AFP via Getty Images)
Suddenly, the walls of the tunnel gave way, trapping the teen beneath the sand, the outlet reported.
The boy remained buried until his father woke up and realized his oldest son was missing. One of his brothers cried out, «Riccardo is under the sand,» according to The Sun. The siblings pointed to the location of the collapsed tunnel, prompting their father and nearby beachgoers to rush over and frantically dig in search of him.
FREAK ACCIDENT AT THE BEACH SENDS TEEN TO ICU AS MOM WARNS OF WATERFRONT DANGER
A view of a beach in Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Tragically, the boy was found buried in the sand, unresponsive and showing no signs of life. First responders arrived within minutes, including an air ambulance, working to revive him, but it was too late, and the boy could not be saved, the outlet reported.
«No-one realized what had happened,» Lieutenant Daniele Tramontana, the Carabiniere officer leading the police investigation, told The Sun.
AMERICAN TOURIST REPORTEDLY IMPALED ON ROME’S COLOSSEUM FENCE AS DOZENS WATCH IN HORROR
Children dig a hole on a beach as people walk by. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
«They lost a lot of time because they couldn’t see him. When they realized he was missing they began to look for him but it was too late,» he continued.
A witness on the beach told Corriere della Serra that «no one on the beach had heard the teenager screaming because he was completely buried within minutes.»
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A police investigation has since been opened «against persons unknown» in connection with the fatal accident, the outlet added, as authorities consider whether an autopsy will be required.
«I have spoken to colleagues, and we have never heard of anything like this happening before in Italy,» Tramontana said. «We deal with terrible situations all the time, but we can’t imagine how a game on the beach ended up this way.»
Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, national crime cases, illegal immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
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