The Ukrainian president hoped to approach his meeting at the White House on Friday (28/1), but even the peace talks about his end are in the air. Zelenski left the White House without signing Ukraine’s rare land after an episode, though a brief meeting with Trump.
The Ukrainian president hoped that by meeting Trump and signing the deal, he would bring the US president a little more towards him. The abrupt end of their meeting – with the US president telling his associates to tell Zelenski to leave the White House – leaves completely unclear how military and other help Washington will offer in Kiev in the coming months.
Zelenski, however, shortly after leaving the White House, attempted to calm Trump. “Thanks America, thank you for the support, thank you for the visit,” he wrote to H. thanked Trump, Congress and the American people and added: “Ukraine needs a fair and sustainable peace, and we are working for it.”
Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you , Congress, and the American people.
Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@zelenskyyua)
The meeting of the two presidents in the Oval Office began with their public bumps – when Zelenski urged the US not to trust Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump replied, accusing him of not grateful for the US support and that he should not be grateful for the US support and that Ready for peace. “
Indeed, the vice president raised the voice in front of the cameras, in a worldwide live broadcast, telling Zelenski that it was “disrespectful” that he went to the Oval Office and said these things (about Putin). “You’re not in a good position,” Trump told the Ukrainian president. “You risk World War II”. And he added: “Whether you agree or leave.”
Trump also told Zelenski that he does not hold papers in his hands, that he is unable to have demands from the US and that he should not adhere to this attitude if he does not want to derail the conversations. Zelenski responded to the US president, inviting him to offer security guarantees to Ukraine, and while the tones went up, he was reprimanded by Vasks because he was talking about Ukraine without ever visiting it.
This lyrics, shortly before the meeting began, was one of the most dramatic ever public at the Oval Office and shows how much the two countries have been removed after Trump has taken over – who has essentially taken the part of Russia and has falsely accused Ukraine.
As the public bump evolved, the Ukrainian ambassador to Washington Okanana Markarova caught her head desperately with her hands, while a White House employee observed in a silent voice: “This is serious.”
It is noteworthy that Peter Baker, who covers the White House for the New York Times, wrote in the US newspaper: “I have covered the White House since 1996. All these years, there has been no such meeting at the Oval Office in front of the cameras. An American president has never spoken to the leader of a Country country, and even the leader of a country trying to repel invaders. “
On the eve of the Trump-Chalenski meeting in Washington, the US president had appeared to “soften”, answering the question if he really consider the Ukrainian president “dictator”, as he had called him a few days earlier, with surprise: “Did I say that? I don’t think I said it. “
The harsh language used by President Trump for Zelenski contradicts the one he uses for Putin, which he constantly praises after being elected to the White House.
