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It's another Americano live. We've done two so far, and they've both been great successes.

And I'm very confident this next one will be.

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Hello and welcome back to the Americano show.

Today we are going to be talking about Ukraine because for Donald Trump and his team,

after the peace they believe they have achieved in Gaza, comes Ukraine, achieving an end to the war in Ukraine.

And Donald Trump was quite optimistic last week following a phone call with Vladimir Putin.

He then followed up with a meeting with Vladimir Zelensky at the White House.

And after that, I think it's fair to say there's been lots of noises of disgruntlement about the

peace process in Ukraine and the way Trump has handled it.

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