In full view of the world, Trump and Vance told Zelensky he can't win the war. He told them they're naive for believing [View all]

Source: Fortune

In full view of the world, Trump and Vance told Zelensky he can’t win the war. He told them they’re naive for believing Putin

Paolo Confino
Fri, February 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM EST 4 min read

• During an extremely tense White House meeting, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance pushed Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky to accept their efforts at diplomacy to end the war. Zelensky told them that diplomacy with Russian President Vladimir Putin was not possible.

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky engaged in heated international diplomacy of the highest level in front of the television cameras on Friday during an extraordinary Oval Office meeting.

The three leaders had what can only be described as an argument in full view of the press, giving the public a glimpse of the sort of conversations that ordinarily happen behind closed doors. For a brief stretch Trump raised his voice to the point of shouting, accusing Zelensky of lacking the leverage to negotiate a peace treaty with Russia that would satisfy Ukrainians.

“You don’t have the cards right now,” Trump said, gesticulating as his voice rose.

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