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Hundreds of "noncitizens" who allegedly registered to vote, or even voted, in Ohio elections have been referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced he has found more than 1,000 noncitizens who "appear to have registered to vote unlawfully in Ohio," and all of them, 1,084 individuals, have been sent to the DOJ to face prosecution.
"Ohio has earned its reputation as the Gold Standard, and our Election Integrity Unit continues to prove why," he told Fox News Digital. "We work tirelessly to ensure that every eligible voter's voice is heard, and anyone who tries to cheat the system will face serious consequences."
He noted 167 of the individuals appear to have actually cast a ballot in a federal election, and there were 135 others referred for "other unlawful voting activity." Some of those allegedly voted in two locations in Ohio, or in two states, in the same election. Several appear to have voted "after the date of their death."
The work is part of LaRose's plan to clean up Ohio's voter rolls, launched before the 2024 vote.
Part of that work included his lawsuit against Joe Biden because of his administration's refusal to provide data that could have back then helped identify those in various schemes.
The report explained his office also took more than 155,000 names on voter registration rolls because they were abandoned or inactive.
The report explained the names came up when investigators cross-checked lists provided by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database, the Social Security records and more.
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The war brought by Democrats and other leftists against President Donald Trump's agenda to secure the nation's borders and deport illegal alien criminals is taking a serious turn.
It's that local and state officials in some venues have been threatening to arrest and prosecute federal officers doing their jobs.
If that happens, it likely won't turn out well for those local officials.
That's according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who wrote to California officials who are guilty of making those threats to federal officers.
"Stand down or face prosecution," Blanche told them. "No one threatens our agents. No one will stop us from Making American Safe Again."
He noted "The Department of Justice views any arrests of federal agents and officers in the performance of their official duties as both illegal and futile. … Numerous federal laws prohibit interfering with and impeding immigration or other law-enforcement operations."
His promise is that the U.S. "will investigate and prosecute any state or local official who violates these federal statutes (or directs or conspires with others to violate them)."
Those officials now have been ordered to save any records regarding their own "attempts or efforts to impede or obstruct federal law enforcement" because that could be evidence in cases against them.
The Washington Examiner commented the new instructions are "a bright red line for officials in state and local governments who are threatening to arrest federal immigration officials for enforcing federal law in Democrat-run areas."
Those making such threats including Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, and Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois.
The report said they have claimed to have plans "to pursue legal action over what they say are abuses by federal immigration officers in their states."
Pelosi and Rep. Kevin Mullin, another California Democrats, said in a joint statement federal officers "could be arrested for violating state laws," the report noted.
"It is important to note that California law protects communities and prevents federal agents from taking certain actions here that we have witnessed in other states. While the President may enjoy absolute immunity courtesy of his rogue Supreme Court, those who operate under his orders do not," they threatened. "Our state and local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law — and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them."
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has joined in making threats.
"If there is excessive use of force, shootings that aren't legally justified, things of that nature, then I have to step in and do my job with respect to them, like I do with anyone else," Jenkins threatened.
And Pritzker has ordered the creation of a state commission to monitor federal immigration enforcement, "for future prosecutions against agents," the report said.
"Once this all ends, I believe there will be people of good faith who will review what the Commission has recorded and will demand answers and accountability," he said.
Blanche's letter was to California officials.
"We urge you and other California officials to publicly abandon this apparent criminal conspiracy, to stop threatening law enforcement, and to prioritize the safety of your citizens," Blanche said. "In the meantime, federal agents and officers will continue to enforce federal law and will not be deterred by the threat of arrest by California authorities who have abdicated their duty to protect their constituents."
Constitutional analysts have said state officials clearly are out of line if they try to violate federal law, or stop enforcement.
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U.S. Transportation Sean Duffy sounded the alarm Sunday about the safety of American air travel, indicating he "can't stop the frustration of air-traffic controllers" who face higher-than-normal stress levels as they continue to work without pay 26 days into the federal government shutdown.
"You can see the stress, these people that often times live paycheck to paycheck," Duffy said on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel. "I see that burn coming from the controllers."
"They're concerned about gas in the car. They're concerned about child care and mortgages. And so I'm seeing the stress come for the controllers. Just yesterday, Maria, we had 22 staffing triggers. That's one of the highest that we've seen in the system since the shutdown began and that's a sign that the controllers are wearing thin.
"They're taking second jobs. They're out here looking, 'Can I drive Uber? Can I find another source of income to make ends meet until Democrats stop with their radical push for illegal migrants and actually open up the government?'"
Duffy explained: "We have more people calling in sick, more people not showing up for work."
"There's real life situations that they're dealing with their families. I was in one of the towers, and they were celebrating the fact that the airlines had sent them lunch and sent them dinner. I don't want air-traffic controllers going to a food bank."
"The fact that they have to think about how they put food on the table, they need airlines to put food into the towers so they can have lunch or dinner is outrageous."
Duffy said in the next two or three days, he expects "more staffing shortages in towers which means you're gonna see more delays, more cancellations and then you see more Americans frustrated at Democrats and they'll say open up the government. Enough is enough."
When Bartiromo asked Duffy if it is even safe to fly at the current time, Duffy replied: "I need my controllers focused on the airspace, not about the finances at home. They'll tell me there is that seepage of how they're gonna deal with those finances. My job is to keep the airspace safe."
"And so if I don't feel like I have enough controllers, or enough controllers that are focused, we will slow down traffic, we will stop traffic. And that's why you see the delays in the system. And the job No. 1 is, again, get people to where they're going safely. If it's not on time, call the Democrats, call Chuck Schumer. if you're frustrated that you have a staffing shortage and your flight's three hours delayed or your flight is canceled, call Chuck, call Senate Democrats because this is the reason why."
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President Trump has pulled the plug on trade negotiations with Canada, where the economy relies in significant ways on the United States, over what he has called a "FAKE" ad that appears to be trying to influence the U.S. Supreme Court's looming decision on tariffs.
Further, the ad may actually misrepresent President Ronald Reagan, whose words it uses.
The bigger picture is Trump's use of tariffs to bring about fair trade agreements for American manufacturers, consumers and economy with foreign nations that long have taken advantage of unbalanced practices.
The Supreme Court right now is considering the status of those tariffs.
Canada, of course, has a significant interest in making them go away. And Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who repeatedly has opposed Trump's economic agenda, revealed he was pushing an ad campaign weeks ago.
Now it's out:
It claims, through Reagan's words, edited for the ad, "High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. Then the worst happens. Markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industries shut down and millions of people lose their jobs."
He was, in 1987, addressing trade with Japan.
Now Trump has responded to the ad.
"The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs. The ad was for $75,000,000. They only did this to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and other courts. TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A. Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HERBY TERMINATED. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT."
The Hill explained "Trump in August announced a 35 percent tariff on all Canadian goods, though products covered under the 2020 U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement were exempt. Canada is one of the United States' top trading partners, and their economies are heavily intertwined when it comes to certain products. But Trump has repeatedly argued the U.S. does not need Canadian goods, and that Canada is far more reliant on America for its economy."
In fact, the Reagan Foundation confirmed the ad manipulated Reagan's words, and it announced it was reviewing its legal options"
Here are those remarks, without the political spin from Canada.
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An economics and social studies teacher in Orange County, Florida, has won a battle with his school district, which means displaying a poster of Charlie Kirk in his classroom is now allowable.
As WND reported, William Loggans, a teacher at Horizon High School, had put up the poster shortly after Kirk's assassination on a Utah campus Sept. 10.
Along with Kirk's image, the poster included one of his quotes: "Never underestimate the power of your voice and the impact you can have on the world when you speak up for what you believe in."
In an interview with Not the Bee, Loggans shared his motivation behind the poster, saying that he has a variety of such banners around his room featuring notable public figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Ronald Reagan.
Loggans was forced to take the poster down after a student complained, telling his teacher that Charlie Kirk "is a Nazi and a fascist."
The teacher subsequently filed a grievance with the school, which has ruled that the poster can go back up.
Andrew Jackson, principal of Horizon High School, responded to Loggans this week: "Based on my review and your representation, your grievance is granted and you may redisplay the poster."
"This is quite a victory, and it's not my victory – this victory is the students' victory," Loggans told Fox News Digital. "Instead of being told what they can have or what kind of inspirational quotes they can have in the room and on the person, now they can hear different viewpoints. They can make up their own minds. And so, this is a clear victory for my students and, frankly, for students across this nation."
Loggans' attorney, Anthony Sabatini, posted on X about the victory:
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Just a year from now, Colorado will be voting on a new governor, as homosexual Democrat Jared Polis is term-limited.
The state's politics in recent years, ever since several billionaires met, agreed to take over the state's politics and donated thousands strategically to put the Democrat party in control of the governor's office and legislature, have veered far to the left.
So-called progressives orchestrated a vote to make abortion a constitutional right, have worked to change "taxes" into "fees" so they could be raised in violation of a state constitutional limit, even schemed to try to remove President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot. (That plan was shot down by the U.S. Supreme Court).
Along the way, the state repeatedly – and at great loss to taxpayers – has tried to force Christians and Christian organizations to adopt anti-Christian agenda points, such as promoting LGBT ideologies. For those efforts the state has been condemned as "hostile" to Christianity by the U.S. Supreme Court and its taxpayers have forked over millions in the state's losing fights.
In light of the open seat that is coming, dozens of candidates have announced they want to be in control.
For example, Attorney General Phil Weiser, who like Polis before him has been hand-in-glove with Joe Biden's ideologies, wants the job. So does state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, who would be the first Republican in the office in more than two decades, and first woman ever.
But there's one candidate who stands out.
He has no high-profile law degree to ride to power, he's not an ultra-wealthy business operator like Polis. He's not a veteran of Congress, or any administration.
He's Victor Marx, the leader of a ministry called All Things Possible.
It doesn't throw Hollywood galas for the rich, it doesn't boast of its influence in Washington, or the U.N., or other venues of secular power.
According to his website, he fights "traffickers and pedophiles," has delivered 65,000 comfort toys to children in displaced persons camps, organized men to "embody strength, courage and responsibility," provided "housing, supplies and clothing for women who have been the victims of sex trafficking," and much more.
His book, "The Dangerous Gentleman," talks about bravery, responsibility and describes his work inside war zones and other of the world's "most dangerous places."
His target is to explain "what manhood and Christianity should look like in our day."
He comes from a background of child abuse that left him involved with drugs and fights before the discipline of military life and faith in God turned him around.
A column by Ari Armstrong, who writes for the "conservative-libertarian Complete Colorado" and authored "Getting Over Jesus: Finding Meaning and Morals without God," said, "The first thing to know about Victor Marx — a Republican candidate for governor in Colorado, a black belt martial artist, and a former Marine — is that he claims to hold the world record in speed for disarming someone holding a gun to his head (Apparently .4 seconds). The second thing to know is that he regards himself as an exorcist who rids people of demons."
In Armstrong's commentary, he noted he encountered Marx at a memorial for Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, assassinated last month at a free speech event in Utah.
"At the service, Marx said the devil killed Kirk. Referring to the founding of new chapters of Kirk's organization Turning Point USA, Marx said, 'That's why Charlie Kirk was killed, because the enemy of our soul hates it when we go after young people, whether we're rescuing them physically [Marx says he's a 'high-risk humanitarian' who leads rescue missions], whether we're helping them emotionally, or building them spiritually, that's what the devil cannot stand."
Marx' campaign has earned the support of well-known Republicans, including Heidi Ganahl, the 2022 Republican candidate for governor, who said, "Packed house, 1000 strong, to support my friend and future Governor of CO @victormarx."
MAGA favorite Rep. Lauren Boebert said Marx is "fully dressed in the armor of God."
A starker contrast to the existing leadership in Colorado probably could not be found.
Armstrong explained, "In a July 22 podcast episode with Kyle Thompson of 'Undaunted Life: A Man's Podcast,' Marx described his role in the 'unseen war' with demons."
I call myself the reluctant exorcist. We just started getting put in places for the last, gosh, three-plus decades, of what I would call evil being manifested right in front of us. … Just like fighting or combat, you had better address the issue, or you're going to get your butt kicked. I had like three levels of understanding spiritual warfare. One, that it was real. It's like, okay, it's really real, it's undeniable. Two, how do you handle it? And I've seen two sides. One is really extreme. They're just wanting manifestations, and people looking for it, I'm like that ain't me. The other extreme is people, you know, they act like it doesn't exist. But then you watch their life, or their church, and it's, like, wow. And then the third phase which we hit was both, started just personally, where we had to take authority. I had to learn my authority, I had to learn the rules of engagement, against demonic forces, demons, or, you know, forces of darkness. And once I learned that, wow. We just don't lose.
He's also released a documentary, "The Unseen War" and a trailer, narrated by Kevin Sorbo, explains the faith element of Marx's life.
"Satan wants nothing more than to subvert the mission God has given you."
Marx explained he's often encountered fear from people who hear about demonic influences.
The column pointed out that Charlie Kirk wrote the forward to Marx's book.
"That," he said, "tells us something about Marx's orientation; in his opening sentence Kirk takes a swipe at transgender people. Obviously Marx is deep in the conservative evangelical movement, and he has spoken against abortion."
Marx said, when announcing his candidacy, he wasn't there to make campaign promises.
"He was there to be a leader called by God," the commentary said.
His career includes time as a combatives instructor in the Marines, a 7th degree black belt, a time working for several years with James Dobson, and more.
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Prosecutors working on the obstruction and perjury charges pending against ex-FBI chief James Comey, indicted recently by a federal grand jury, are suggesting that Comey hired one of the lawyers working on his case in order to suppress evidence that lawyer might have.
It's because that lawyer, Patrick Fitzgerald, formerly a U.S. attorney in Chicago, may have taken part in the same 2017 media leaks that also involved Comey.
A report at the Washington Examiner said prosecutors are concerned over the "extraordinary" conflict of interest created by Comey's defense team.
There the defendant hired a potential witness against him to be on his defense team, "and help keep key evidence under wraps," the report said.
Prosecutors have informed U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff that Fitzgerald may need to be disqualified.
That would be "because of his alleged role in the same 2017 media leaks that underlie the government's case. Fitzgerald, they said, was involved in the 'improper disclosure of classified information' at Comey's direction shortly after President Donald Trump fired him from the bureau in 2017," the report said.
They asked the judge for a "filter protocol" that could be applied and allow a neutral team to review communications between Comey and others, including Fitzgerald, and decide whether it is evidence or not.
Prosecutors charged that Comey actually used Fitzgerald to "improperly disclose classified information."
The DOJ previously has confirmed that Comey leaked copies of his personal memos about what he claims to have said to President Trump to multiple other lawyers, including Fitzgerald.
The report explained, "Former DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz's 2019 report described Comey's actions as a serious breach of policy, saying he 'set a dangerous example' for FBI employees by retaining and leaking government documents for 'a personally desired outcome.' The watchdog said Comey kept four of seven memos in a personal safe at home after his firing and failed to notify the bureau he had done so."
Comey allegedly used the retained government memos to help "trigger" the creation of a job for special counsel Robert Mueller.
The Examiner said, "Fitzgerald's own involvement in transmitting Comey's memos to other lawyers could make him a fact witness in the case, raising ethical questions about whether he can simultaneously defend his former client."
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Officials in the leftist city of Denver are demanding that taxpayers nationwide subsidize their abortionists at the industry behemoth, Planned Parenthood.
They have joined with officials in other Democrat-run cities to insist that Congress and President Donald Trump were wrong, and they must reverse their opinions and their actions and restore the flow of taxpayer cash to the abortionists.
It is in a report at the Center Square that the city's agenda was revealed.
"In Denver, we will always fight for the rights of women to access contraception and reproductive care," claimed Mike Johnston, Denver's mayor, in the report.
"We are proud to join this amicus brief to push back on President Trump and the Big Beautiful Bill's unconstitutional targeting of Planned Parenthood and to ensure women receive quality, life-saving care regardless of their ability to pay."
Actually, in the court case over the funding, which was rejected by congressional action in a bill signed into law by President Trump in America's democratic procedures, the abortionists are claiming they have a constitutional right to cash taken directly from taxpayers.
The report noted Trump's BBB Act blocks federal funding for one year to any healthcare provider that received over $800,000 in federal Medicaid payments in 2023 and is primarily involved in "family planning" services, is a nonprofit organization or provides abortions.
Planned Parenthood claims the restrictions are unconstitutional because they must have taxpayer cash to fulfill their constitutional right to freedom of association.
The brief from Denver, and others, said they "have significant interest in protecting access to medical care, including reproductive and sexual healthcare and family planning services, for their most vulnerable residents."
For that, they are demanding a nationwide tax.
And that money needs to be sent to Planned Parenthood, "a vital part of the healthcare ecosystem," they charge.
A lower court had issued injunctions blocking the funding cuts, for now.
But then an appeals court put a hold on that injunction.
Denver officials are arguing for something they don't need, as Colorado lawmakers already have stepped up to take money from their own residents and give it to Planned Parenthood businesses in the state.
But Denver complained that would mean less money for "other" priorities, so it wants the tax funding to come from all Americans nationwide.
The Supreme Court already has ruled states have the right to exclude abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from state Medicaid programs.
The brief also argues that keeping the funding going, through Planned Parenthood, will increase the number of women "in the paid labor force.'
And it notes that the changes mean local and state governments will have to make hard decisions about budgets, as they won't have as much money.
It claims that the congressional action was "based on an unlawful ideological basis," suggesting that the law insists on a pro-abortion "ideological basis."
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In less than a year, Donald Trump's second term as president has seen spectacular improvements in many areas of government, including notably in the U.S. military. However, at least one major area of support for America's armed forces – the Department of Veterans Affairs – is reportedly failing in its commitment to veterans. Case in point: Howard "Buck" Sheward, an 80-year-old Vietnam vet suffering from leukemia, who many believe deserves much better treatment than he is receiving from the VA.
WorldNetDaily spoke to retired Army Lt. Col. Francesca Graham, who currently serves as chief operating officer of Walk the Talk Foundation, an advocacy organization for members of the U.S. military. As Graham put it, "The Oklahoma VA system lacks connectivity between the systems in place to help Buck, a veteran who is undergoing chemotherapy and has almost died a couple of times."
For example, she said, "At the end of 2023, he unexpectedly spent nearly a month in a non-VA hospital in and out of lucidity fighting leukemia. While there, the VA kept calling to tell him he was missing pre-scheduled VA cancer treatment appointments."
In the rare moments that Sheward was lucid and able to talk, Graham said, he told the VA representatives where he was, but the calls to him did not cease. "According to Buck," she told WND, "he was berated for missing the VA appointments and was told that the VA would cancel his referrals if he continued to no-show his appointments."
"He's been asked why he was at a community care facility without a referral when he was actually taken there by ambulance," she shared. "Where's the common sense and connectivity?"
When it comes to community care facilities and the VA, she said, "These systems need to be talking to each other."
Not only is the lack of communication problematic, but so is the bureaucracy itself, Graham argued. "When a veteran travels to an appointment outside of the VA hospital, the veteran is supposed to receive travel reimbursement for that appointment," she said. Yet Sheward has not been reimbursed for the last six months. "He's submitted the paperwork," Graham said, "and then he hears nothing."
"There are also days where he'll submit paperwork for two different trips on the same day and only get reimbursed for one," Graham added. "Given his sickness and his age, is the VA not capable of helping him navigate getting his reimbursements and the ever-changing forms, or is the bureaucratic machine too large to really care about his health?"
Between February 2023 to May 2025, Graham said Sheward submitted 113 travel claims for cancer treatment and routine care. Out of these, 46 were approved for payment, while 67 claims, or 59%, were denied. Another 18 are still awaiting a decision. Interestingly, some trips that received approval one day were denied the following day.
In addition to the "bureaucracy and apathy" issue, the Walk the Talk Foundation's executive offered this shocker: "Buck discovered that a behavioral health provider, assigned to help veterans, including him, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, had been tried and convicted of a federal crime but still continued to see patients until it was time for him to report to prison."
"Just think about the implications of trusting your mental health to the VA, only to learn that your therapist has a criminal record," she said. "Buck brought up the issue, but it was swept under the rug."
"Buck is very frustrated because his concerns are not being acknowledged in any sort of meaningful way," Graham told WND. In fact, he is beginning to think the gradual accumulation of his problems and the indifference toward his health is retaliatory.
"Is this the position an 80-year-old Vietnam vet should find himself in?" she questioned. "I can assure you that he's not the only one facing these kinds of struggles."
Buck Sheward has reached out to several congressional offices in Oklahoma, including that of GOP Sen. James Lankford, regarding his concerns. "Unfortunately," Graham told WND, "those efforts have been hampered by a combination of bureaucratic inertia and a limited understanding of the complexity of his case within the state's VA system."
WND asked Sen. Lankford's office what steps, if any, his office is taking to address the lack of record integration between the VA and community care providers in Sheward's case. The office did not reply to request for comment by publication time.
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President Donald Trump and Russian chief Vladimir Putin talked by telephone on Thursday and have agreed that they will meet again – this time in Hungary – to discuss a resolution to the war in Ukraine.
Trump said the call was "a very productive one."
They already has met for talks in Alaska in August, but no solution to the war emerged.
The call was set up to precede a meeting at the White House on Friday in Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
He has been demanding Trump provide Tomahawk missiles to him, for use against Russia.
They would allow his army to strike at targets far inside Russia.
"I have just concluded my telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, and it was a very productive one. President Putin congratulated me and the United States on the Great Accomplishment of Peace in the Middle East, something that, he said, has been dreamed of for centuries," Trump wrote on social media.
The call comes following Trump's visit to the Middle East this week. He celebrated there a ceasefire agreement he orchestrated between Israel and the terrorists of Hamas, who invaded Israel and killed some 1,200 civilians two years ago.
The last of the hostages Hamas took then, dead and living, are being returned.
Trump continued, "I actually believe that the Success in the Middle East will help in our negotiation in attaining an end to the War with Russia/Ukraine. President Putin thanked the First Lady, Melania, for her involvement with children. He was very appreciative, and said that this will continue. We also spent a great deal of time talking about Trade between Russia and the United States when the War with Ukraine is over. At the conclusion of the call, we agreed that there will be a meeting of our High Level Advisors, next week. The United States' initial meetings will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, together with various other people, to be designated. A meeting location is to be determined. President Putin and I will then meet in an agreed upon location, Budapest, Hungary, to see if we can bring this 'inglorious' War, between Russia and Ukraine, to an end. President Zelenskyy and I will be meeting tomorrow, in the Oval Office, where we will discuss my conversation with President Putin, and much more. I believe great progress was made with today's telephone conversation."
Trump made a campaign issue of his commitment to resolve the conflict and end the massive killing spree that has occurred between Russia and Ukraine. His phone conversation was the next step in that effort.
In other efforts, he already has worked to bring about ceasefire steps in at least six or eight other military conflicts that had been ongoing.