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I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don't want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace,
Trump said on Truth Social You are either going to make a deal or we're out and if we are out, you will fight it out. I don't think it's going to be pretty,
I think he's a great guy."
The Oval Office meeting began with warm exchanges and handshakes, with Trump at one point saying of Zelensky That was not a man who wanted to make peace, and I’m only interested if he wants to stop the bloodshed,
Trump added before boarding Marine One for Mar-a-Lago He’s gotta say, 'I want to make peace,'
he said when asked what Zelensky must do to restart negotiations He feels President Zelensky is not in the right mindset to negotiate peace, and I think, frankly, that was reinforced with his comments [to Fox News's Bret Baier] refusing to apologize for disrespecting the president and the American people,
press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Washington Examiner of Trump I'm not tracking anything in terms of next steps in the engagement with Putin and the Russians. The president has made it clear always that both sides need to talk equally, to bring both sides to the table to negotiate a deal. ... In any good deal, whether it's in business or in politics, both sides usually walk away a little bit unhappy, and unfortunately for Zelensky, I think he refuses to recognize the practical reality of this war."
Somebody asked me, am I embarrassed about Trump?”
Some want to whitewash the truth, but we cannot ignore the truth,
Bacon wrote on social media Just to appease Europeans and increase his low polling in Ukraine after he failed miserably to defend his country,
Spartz wrote on social media You have to be thankful. You don’t have the cards, ... You gotta be more thankful.”
That's why I always began to thank your people from our people, and this is the most important and, of course, thankful to the president and, of course, to Congress,
I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE,
But I can't change Ukrainian attitude towards Russia. They are killers for us. It doesn't mean we don't want peace. But we want (the U.S.) to recognize reality,
No, I respect president, and I respect American people, and I think that we have to be very open and very honest and I’m not sure that we did something bad,
Zelensky said, as reported by CNN I want to be very honest; I want him to be more on our side. Of course, all of the Ukrainians want to hear [the] strong position of the United States on our side,
I'm thankful to President Trump and to congress's bipartisan support...We are strategic partners, and even in such tough dialogue...I think that we have to be on the same side...to stop Putin."
Do you think you owe an apology to President Trump?"
Baier first asked Zelensky For several days the Ukrainians jerked us around with this minerals deal and today was the inflection point,
a senior U.S. official said Thank you, America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you to the President, to the Congress, and to the American people. Ukraine needs a just and lasting peace, and we are working for this."
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