Protests, Trump: "Even in Italy they have to do with immigration"

The president of the United States, commenting on the unrest of recent weeks, added that "France and Italy are worse countries than they were" and "if Europe doesn't close its borders it's over. Paris will soon be a Muslim city". Then, speaking about the conflict in Ukraine, he attacked Zelensky again: "He doesn't know what he's talking about. If he had listened to me in the Oval Office, he would have made a better deal a long time ago"

"As in France, the protests in Italy also have to do with immigration." This was said by US President Donald Trump who, speaking to journalists at the White House, added that "France and Italy are worse countries than they were" and "if Europe doesn't close its borders it's over". Then the tycoon reiterated that he had told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, to "close the borders a long time ago. Paris will soon be a Muslim city" (FOLLOW ALL THE UPDATES ON THE LIVEBLOG ON THE CLASHES IN MILAN).

"I am negotiating with Russia on Ukraine, Iran and hostages"

Trump then said he was in the midst of "negotiations with Russia" to reach a deal "in Ukraine." And he added: "I am negotiating" with Moscow "over Iran, because it has done nothing wrong there" and "I am negotiating for the hostages." Then he downplayed Russia's role in the conflict between the US and Iran, despite revelations about Moscow's support for Tehran in countering the American armed forces: "Russia could have done much more to help Iran. It did very little for Iran. China could have done much more for Iran, and I remember that." Finally, he said he was ready to meet the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in November in China at a meeting on denuclearization (FOLLOW ALL UPDATES ON THE MIDDLE EAST LIVEBLOG).

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"Zelensky doesn't know what he's talking about, there should be someone else to negotiate"

Donald Trump has also returned to attacking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to whom he has placed himself on the "wrong side of history": "He doesn't know what he's talking about. Zelensky is a man who should have ended this war a long time ago. It's time for someone else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine", said the number one in the White House. “If he would have listened to me in the Oval Office, he would have struck a better deal a long time ago.” And again: "Do you know what? We gave a lot to Ukraine. They gave us nothing. Remember that. We gave hundreds of billions of dollars. I was the one who gave the Javelins to Ukraine, when he was knocked out" (FOLLOW ALL UPDATES ON THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE LIVEBLOG).

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"Kim Jong-un? I get along very well with him"

Trump then said he did not yet know whether he would meet Kim Jong-un next month in China. "I don't know, I don't even know if they asked for a meeting," said the US president. "I get along very well, we have a great relationship and, honestly, they are no longer the country they were ten years ago."

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