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Briefing with Senior State Department Officials With Traveling Press May 6, 2021 En Route to Joint Base Andrews
MODERATOR: We’ll do this part on background, senior State Department officials. So I thought, [Senior State Department Official One], if you wanted to offer some thoughts on today and some of the broader dynamics, and we’ll take some questions.
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: Sure. It was a great day for the Secretary and extremely valuable (inaudible) meetings (inaudible) greetings from President Biden and (inaudible) corruption, strengthening reforms, and (inaudible) strong desire to do more together. Obviously, for the Secretary this was a return to Ukraine, he’d been numerous times in his previous capacities. He met, of course, with Foreign Minister Kuleba, who was – it was their fourth real encounter in these first 100 days. They had a phone call early on and they met at NATO on the margins of the NATO-Ukraine (inaudible) and h
Blinken’s Debut in Ukraine: A Case for Managing Expectations (Part One)
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 73
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Kyiv, May 6 (Source: Reuters)
Antony Blinken is visiting Kyiv today (May 6) on his first bilateral visit as US Secretary of State to a European country (Ukraiynska Pravda, May 6). This choice should have been foreordained in view of Ukraine’s pivotal significance to the power balance in Europe and the containment of Russia.
Should the Joseph Biden administration confirm the containment goal as part of its overall strategy in Europe, it will be able to take the lead in developing a strategic partnership with Ukraine on foundations laid during the Donald Trump administration. The latter supplied lethal military equipment that had previously been withheld to Ukraine and launched major training programs for the Ukrainian army, drawing on bipartisan Congressional back
Donald Trump Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.
Personal
Birth place: New York, New York
Birth name: Donald John Trump
Father: Fred Trump, real estate developer
Mother: Mary (Macleod) Trump
Marriages:Melania (Knauss) Trump (January 22, 2005-present); Marla (Maples) Trump (December 1993-June 1999, divorced); Ivana (Zelnicek) Trump (1977-1990, divorced)
Children: with Melania Trump: Barron, March 20, 2006; with Marla Maples: Tiffany, October 13, 1993; with Ivana Trump: Eric, 1984; Ivanka, October 30, 1981; Donald Jr., December 31, 1977
Education: Attended Fordham University; University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance, B.S. in Economics, 1968
Other Facts
As Trump evolved from real estate developer to reality television star, he turned his name into a brand. Licensed Trump products have included board games, steaks, cologne, vodka, furniture and menswear.
Donald Trump Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.
Personal
Birth place: New York, New York
Birth name: Donald John Trump
Father: Fred Trump, real estate developer
Mother: Mary (Macleod) Trump
Marriages:Melania (Knauss) Trump (January 22, 2005-present); Marla (Maples) Trump (December 1993-June 1999, divorced); Ivana (Zelnicek) Trump (1977-1990, divorced)
Children: with Melania Trump: Barron, March 20, 2006; with Marla Maples: Tiffany, October 13, 1993; with Ivana Trump: Eric, 1984; Ivanka, October 30, 1981; Donald Jr., December 31, 1977
Education: Attended Fordham University; University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance, B.S. in Economics, 1968
Other Facts
As Trump evolved from real estate developer to reality television star, he turned his name into a brand. Licensed Trump products have included board games, steaks, cologne, vodka, furniture and menswear.