President Trump is not happy with a statement made by Ukraine President Zelenskyy last night, blasting it as the “worst statement that could have been made” on ending the war.
First, here’s what Zelenskyy said via the AP:
A deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “is still very, very far away,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, adding that he believed Ukraine’s long-term partnership with the U.S. was strong enough that American support would continue despite recent fraught relations with U.S. President Donald Trump.“I think our relationship (with the U.S.) will continue, because it’s more than an occasional relationship,” Zelenskyy said late Sunday, referring to Washington’s support for the past three years of war.
“I believe that Ukraine has a strong enough partnership with the United States of America” to keep aid flowing, he said at a briefing in Ukrainian before leaving London.
The Ukrainian leader was in London to attend U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s effort to rally his European counterparts around continuing — and likely much increased — support for Ukraine from the continent amid political uncertainty in the U.S., and Trump’s overtures toward Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Asked by a reporter to comment about the outlines of a new European initiative to end Russia’s war, Zelenskyy said: “We are talking about the first steps today, and therefore, until they are on paper, I would not like to talk about them in great detail.”
“An agreement to end the war is still very, very far away, and no one has started all these steps yet. The peace that we foresee in the future must be just, honest, and most importantly, sustainable,” he added.
It sounds to me like even if Trump could get Putin to lay down his arms, Zelenskyy won’t do it. Maybe I’m reading this wrong, but with all of this talk about how the peace agreement must be “just and honest”, it sounds like he wants his terms to be met or the fighting will continue.
President Trump responded to this an hour ago, saying:
This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer! It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S. – Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?It was reported that Trump was meeting with his aides to decide on whether to stop the funding to Ukraine for the war effort. I’m pretty Trump just answered that with this message. It’s a big fat yes.
https://therightscoop.com/breaking-president-trump-blasts-zelenskyy-for-worst-statement-that-could-have-been-made/
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