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Trump Team Floated Energy Incentives With Russia In ‘Sideline’ Ukraine Peace Talks
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The U.S. reportedly attempted to entice Russia to make peace in Ukraine with numerous energy deals involving potential U.S. investment, sources told Reuters this week.
The discussed deals included the possibility of U.S. oil and gas company Exxon Mobil re-entering the Sakhalin-1 project, as well as the Kremlin purchasing U.S. equipment for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, five sources familiar with the talks told Reuters. Since the beginning of the Ukraine war in 2022, Russia has been largely cut off from striking any major deals with the West.
The talks were held between U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev during the envoy’s visit to Moscow in early August, according to Reuters.
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The idea of the U.S. purchasing Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers was also floated as a possible deal, according to Reuters, and was briefly discussed during the Anchorage summit on August 15. Sakhalin-1 is an oil and gas extraction operation on Russia’s Sakhalin Island in the Pacific
Putin opened the project’s doors to foreign investment after the Anchorage summit, which would allow Exxon to potentially profit from the lucrative deal while further developing the operation’s production.
Trump’s negotiations between Russia and Ukraine have so far not produced any ceasefire or peace deal, while the President’s frustrations with Putin have continued to grow amid the relative silence since the two held their high-profile summit in Anchorage. Trump has previously threatened sanctions and tariffs against Russia if it continues to refuse coming to the peace table, but Moscow has so far remained defiant.
“President Trump and his national security team continue to engage with Russian and Ukrainian officials towards a bilateral meeting to stop the killing and end the war,” a senior White House official told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “As many world leaders have stated, this war would have never happened if President Trump was in office. It is not in the national interest to further negotiate these issues publicly.”
Exxon Mobil declined to comment, while the State Department deferred to the White House when asked for comment.
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Baton-wielding protesters stormed the COP30 summit in Belem, Brazil, on Tuesday, with video showing some dressed in indigenous outfits, according to multiple reports.
The COP30 summit is the 30th annual meeting of parties to the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), an agreement to reach “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050, according to the conference’s website. Video posted on X and aired by the BBC showed the protesters kicking doors and forcing their way into the building.
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Two security guards were injured in the fracas, with one being taken out in a wheelchair while holding his stomach, Sky News reported.
Past COP summits have seen speakers propose taxes on the meat and dairy industry and “climate finance” initiatives for less-developed countries. The Biden administration signed on to a pledge to start “transitioning away from fossil fuels” at the United Nations COP28 climate summit on Dec. 13, 2023.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California attended the summit, where he labeled President Donald Trump “an invasive species” and “a wrecking-ball president” who was “doubling down on stupid.” Newsom also announced an agreement between California and Nigeria, which was declared a “country of particular concern” due to persecution of Christians.
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Nearly 3,000 people died across New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa. during the 9/11 attacks, according to the Pew Research Center. When asked directly on “Special Report with Bret Baier” if he regrets the attack, al-Sharaa distanced himself entirely from the event.
“I was only 19 years old, so I was a very young person, and I didn’t have any decision-making power at that time, and I don’t have anything to do with it,” al-Sharaa said. “And al-Qaeda was not present right then in my area. So you’re speaking to the wrong person about this subject.”
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The Syrian leader then shifted the conversation.
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“We mourn for every civilian that got killed, and we know that people suffer from the war, especially civilians who pay the price, a hefty price for the war,” al-Sharaa said.
President Donald Trump hosted al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, welcoming the former al-Qaeda member who once fought U.S. forces in Iraq and served time in Abu Ghraib prison. The U.S. government removed al-Sharaa from its terror list just days before his meeting with Trump, according to CBS News.
Al-Sharaa, who led a rebel coalition that toppled Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 while heading the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, has since recast himself as a pro-Western reformer. Legacy media outlets have described his government as “moderate” compared to Assad’s rule.
The visit marks the first time a Syrian head of state has entered the White House since Syria gained independence in 1946, NPR reported. Trump, during a speech in Saudi Arabia, said in May that he would lift U.S. sanctions on Syria.
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