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Following meetings at the United Nations in New York City, Trump issued a lengthy statement boldly suggesting that Ukraine could potentially reclaim all territories lost since Moscow’s full-scale invasion. In what appeared as a dramatic volte-face, Trump stated that, with European Union support, Ukraine is capable of fighting and winning back all the land it’s lost—possibly even beyond that.
He went further to mock Russia’s military effort, describing it as a "paper tiger," a Chinese expression implying fragility despite apparent strength. Trump emphasized Russia’s ongoing military failures, arguing that a major power should have secured victory in less than a week, and contrasted this with what he perceived as aimless Russian combat operations over the past three and a half years.