Ukraine Tries to Salvage U.S. Ties

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🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Feb. 20. President Trump’s feud with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will make it difficult for Kyiv to salvage American support in its war against Russia, the WSJ’s James Marson says. Plus, Trump says he’s considering using part of the savings from Elon Musk’s cost-cutting drive to provide direct payments to Americans. And the WSJ’s Ben Katz explains how a new jet from Airbus is winning over customers in a segment Boeing used to dominate. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Further reading: DOGE Is Searching for Wasteful Spending. It Isn’t Hard to Find. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.8	President Trump weighs returning some of the money saved by Doge back to Americans.
0:39.3	Plus, what the president's feud with Volodymyr Zelensky could mean for the fate of Ukraine.
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1:01.4	February 20th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News.
1:07.5	The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:14.0	Let's begin today with the escalating war of words between President Trump and Ukrainian
1:18.8	President Volodymyr Zelensky. After calling Zelenskyy a dictator yesterday, Trump repeated
1:25.0	his attacks last night at a Saudi investment summit being held in Miami,
1:29.8	blaming him for Ukraine's current misfortune. I asked the journal's Ukraine coverage chief
1:35.1	James Marson how Kiev is reacting to its sudden sidelining by Washington as the Trump
1:40.9	administration lays the groundwork for talks with Russia to end the war.
1:45.4	So Ukrainians have been very angry and upset about this. On the other hand, they are defiant.
1:50.1	They say, yes, the U.S. is our biggest supporter, possibly was our biggest supporter, but we will
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