'''Alastair Crooke''' is a former [[UK]] [[diplomat]] and founder and director of the [[Beirut]]-based Conflicts Forum.
'''Alastair Crooke''' is a former [[UK]] [[diplomat]] and founder and director of the [[Beirut]]-based Conflicts Forum.
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Alastair Crooke commented on [[US President Donald Trump]] at the [[Alaska Summit]] and his failure to end the [[NATO war in Ukraine]] as he pledged on the [[2024 presidential election]] campaign trail:
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{{Cquote|This is a struggle for in the [[Republican party]] for control of the Republican party and to wean away the [[MAGA]] support from [[Trump]], and to return the Republican party to being a [[uniparty]] as it was, you know the country club [[elitism|elite]] running the Republican party, not the Deplorables in the [[Rust Belt]] of [[America]]. So yes, how much room does he have then to
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negotiate? How much latitude is there? That was what they were hoping to find out uh at this meeting.<ref>https://youtu.be/1BnBdQElX0k?t=1626</ref>}}