{"id":383,"date":"2024-09-27T15:10:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oewar.com\/?p=383"},"modified":"2024-09-28T23:41:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T23:41:49","slug":"trump-zelensky-meet-to-discuss-ending-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oewar.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/27\/trump-zelensky-meet-to-discuss-ending-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Zelensky meet to discuss ending Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Friday with former President Trump, who lauded his relationship with Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggesting he could broker an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine “very quickly.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to work very much with both parties to try and get this settled,\u201d Trump told reporters alongside Zelensky.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a very good relationship, and I also have a very good relationship \u2014 as you know \u2014 with President Putin. And I think if we win, I think we’re going to get it resolved very quickly,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope we have more good relations,\u201d Zelensky cut in.<\/p>\n

“Oh, I see,” Trump responded. “But it takes two to tango, you know. And we’re going to have a good meeting today. And I think the fact that we’re even together today is a very good sign.”<\/p>\n

The two, who met at Trump Tower in New York City, shook hands and spoke briefly to the press before sitting down for talks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that we can work out something that\u2019s good for both sides. It\u2019s time,\u201d Trump said. \u201cBy the way, the president [Zelensky] knows that too. He wants to get something done. He doesn\u2019t want to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump, who has often voiced his deep skepticism of U.S. aid to Ukraine, said it was \u201can honor\u201d to meet with Zelensky. At a rally Wednesday, Trump joined other Republicans criticizing Zelensky over\u00a0perceptions that he favors<\/a>\u00a0Democrats in November\u2019s election.<\/p>\n

Trump also has mocked Zelensky for only coming to the U.S. government for financial help.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time Zelensky comes to the United States he walks away with $100 billion, I think he\u2019s the greatest salesman on Earth,\u201d Trump said Tuesday at a campaign event in Savannah, Ga.<\/p>\n

The U.S. has provided Ukraine about $60 billion in military assistance since Russia first attacked the country in February 2022.<\/p>\n

At the rally, Trump also praised Putin and Russia\u2019s military record, telling attendees: \u201cThey beat Hitler, they beat Napoleon. That\u2019s what they do, they fight. And it\u2019s not pleasant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zelensky too has voiced frosty views of his one-time counterpart, telling the\u00a0New Yorker<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cTrump doesn\u2019t really know how to stop the war even if he might\u00a0think\u00a0<\/em>he knows.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the piece, published Sunday, Zelensky also called Trump\u2019s pick for vice president, Sen. JD Vance, (R-Ohio,) \u201ctoo radical,\u201d because he is pushing for Ukraine to \u201cmake a sacrifice\u201d by \u201cgiving up its territories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked\u00a0Friday\u00a0why he decided to meet with Trump, Zelensky said the two had a \u201ccommon view\u201d on ending the conflict and, regardless of who wins the election, he hoped U.S. support would continue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have [a] common view that the war in Ukraine has to be stopped and Putin can\u2019t win. The Ukrainians have to prevail, and I want to discuss with you the details,\u201d Zelensky said.<\/p>\n

Zelensky is in the U.S. this week for the United Nations General Assembly. He also met with President Biden and Vice President Harris Thursday at the White House, with the administration the same day announcing about\u00a0$8 billion in military assistance<\/a><\/u>\u00a0for Kyiv.<\/p>\n

Trump a day prior said Zelensky had asked to meet with him, again claiming he could broker a deal between Kyiv and Moscow \u201cquite quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The presidential candidate so far has declined to provide details of what such a deal would include, and his critics worry he is prepared to pressure Ukraine to cede land to Russia.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Fox News after the meeting ended, Trump said he \u201clearned a lot\u201d from the conversation and reiterated that he thinks a fair deal is possible, though he declined to say what he thought a fair deal was.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned a lot, but I think I haven\u2019t changed from the standpoint that we both want to see this end and we both want to see a fair deal made. And it\u2019s got to be fair, and I think that\u2019ll happen at the right time. I think it\u2019s going to happen,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

Zelensky then spoke up, pressing that it was Russia that invaded Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis war shouldn\u2019t [have] started, and I think that the problem [is] that Putin killed so many people and, of course, we need to do everything to pressure him to stop this war. He is in our territory. That\u2019s the most important. He is in our territory and how to stop the war to pressure him as we can. We have to do it,\u201d Zelensky said.<\/p>\n

Trump and Zelensky\u2019s past has been rocky, with the former U.S. president infamously pressuring the Ukrainian leader to open an investigation into Biden and his son Hunter Biden in exchange for releasing about $400 million in military aid. The call, which took place in July 2019 while Trump was in the White House, led to his first impeachment.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters Friday, Trump brought up the call, insisting he had done nothing wrong and that his impeachment was a \u201choax\u201d<\/p>\n

The meeting comes as Harris was en route to the southern border. A day prior, after meeting with Zelensky, she slammed so-called Ukraine peace plans from \u201csome\u201d in the United States as proposals for surrender.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some in my country who would instead force Ukraine to give up large parts of its sovereign territory, who would demand that Ukraine accept neutrality, and would require Ukraine to forgo security relationships with other nations,\u201d Harris said at a media appearance alongside Zelensky.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese proposals are the same as those of Putin and let us be clear, they are not proposals for peace. Instead, they are proposals for surrender, which is dangerous and unacceptable,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Updated: 1:24 p.m. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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