Donald Trump is about to fulfill Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday at 9.45am (native time), the previous US president mentioned.
“I look ahead to seeing him tomorrow,” he mentioned, including, “I consider I will make a deal between President (Vladimir) Putin and President Zelenskyy, fairly shortly.”
“It is a disgrace what’s taking place in Ukraine, so many deaths, a lot destruction,” Trump mentioned.
Trump has mentioned that Putin would by no means have invaded if he have been president, mockingly referring to Zelenskyy as a “salesman” for securing US support for Ukraine. Not too long ago, Trump lauded Russia’s historic army successes and asserted that the US ought to “get out” and finish its involvement in Ukraine.
He additionally questioned the variations in support being offered to the war-torn Ukraine from US and EU.
“One of many issues that’s bothersome to me is that Europe is paying solely a small fraction of the cash that the US of America is paying. Recognizing that the economic system of EU is kind of near that of the US, Trump mentioned that they need to be equalizing,” he mentioned.
“I did this with Nato. I made all of them pay,” he added.
Simply earlier than Trump’s remarks, Harris reaffirmed assist for Ukraine and, in a delicate jab at Trump, said that these suggesting Ukraine ought to commerce land for peace with Russia have been endorsing “proposals of give up.”
In the meantime, Zelenskyy met President Joe Biden and introduced his “victory plan” to him.
“Through the assembly with @POTUS, I introduced the Victory Plan to him. We mentioned particulars to strengthen the Plan, coordinated our positions, views, and approaches, and tasked our groups with holding consultations on the subsequent steps. We deeply respect that Ukraine and the US have stood facet by facet because the very starting of the Russian invasion. Your dedication is extremely necessary for us to prevail,” he mentioned in a publish on X.
