Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked President Donald Trump and the American people on Friday evening for helping to save his country amid its war against Russia.
Zelensky made the remarks during an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier when asked if his relationship could be salvaged with Trump after a meeting that the two world leaders had in the Oval Office earlier in the day ended very negatively.
“Yes, of course, because relations is more than two presidents,” he said. “The historical relations, strong relations between our people, and that’s why I always begin with to thank your people from our people. And this is the most important.”
“And of course, thankful to President and of course Congress, but first of all, to your people,” he continued. “Your people helped to save our people.”
“This is very, very important, and we are thankful and sorry for this,” he concluded. “I mean this, we wanted very much to have only strong relations, and I very confident, we will have it.”
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
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