Ukraine Peace Negotiations, Trump's Ukraine Motivations, Holiday Travel
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🗓️ 26 November 2025
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Summary
Leaked transcripts of a call between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and an advisor of Russian President Vladimir Putin detail how President Trump’s 28-point peace proposal came about. The president dismisses the leak, saying it shows standard negotiating tactics.
Trump, who once campaigned on ending the war within 24 hours, is now thought to care more about reaching a deal than what’s in it.
And millions of Americans will take to the skies this week. The FAA says this year’s Thanksgiving could be the busiest in more than a decade.
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| 0:00.0 | A leaked transcript details how President Trump's 28-point peace proposal came about. |
| 0:07.8 | Trump himself dismissed the leak saying it shows standard negotiating tactics. |
| 0:11.8 | What does this mean for the latest attempt to end the fighting in Ukraine? |
| 0:14.6 | I'm Steven Skiy with Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:18.6 | The president is sending his aides to Moscow and Kiev to broker a deal. |
| 0:25.1 | I think we're getting very close to a deal. |
| 0:27.4 | He campaigned on ending the war within 24 hours. |
| 0:30.5 | He's now thought to care more about reaching a deal than what's in it. |
| 0:34.0 | So what is the view from the White House? |
| 0:35.5 | And millions of Americans will take to the skies this week. The FAA says this year's Thanksgiving could be the busiest in more than a decade. |
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| 1:24.7 | A day ago, President Trump's latest Russia-Ukraine peace plan appeared to be making headway, |
| 1:29.4 | with Secretary of State Marco Rubio praising it and special envoy Steve Whitkoff planning a visit to Moscow. |
| 1:34.7 | And then we learned something about the process leading to this moment. Bloomberg published a |
| 1:39.3 | transcript of a phone call between Steve Whitkoff and an advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin. |
| 1:45.1 | The news service says it listened to a recording and made that transcript. |
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