Zelensky says he met with Trump because Ukraine wants to count on the US no matter who wins in November
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he met with former President Donald Trump on Friday because Ukraine wants to count on the United States in its war against Russia —regardless of who will hold the White House in January.
“It’s very important to share, to share all the plan, all our steps, how we can strengthen Ukraine,” Zelensky said in remarks next to Trump in New York. “And of course, we have to decide it now, because after November, we don’t know who is, only Americans decide who will be the president, but we understand that till November, we can’t stop Putin. We have to do it. We will try on the battlefield with our heroic soldiers. But we understand that after November, we have to decide, and we hope that the strengths of United States will be very strong, and we count on it. That’s why I decided to meet with both candidates.”
His meeting with Trump came a day after he met with both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House.
On the war, Trump said: “It has to end. At some point, it has to end.” Trump has previously suggested that Ukraine should relinquish some territory to Russia in order to end the war.
“He’s going through hell, and his country has gone through hell,” Trump said. “… It’s terrible, the whole situation.”
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