After four days of tension fired with Volodímir Zelenski From the explosive encounter on Friday at the Oval Office and 24 hours after suspending the delivery of military aid to Ukrainethe president of the United States, Donald Trumphe has taken advantage of his speech to Congress on Tuesday to launch a conciliatory message to his kyiv counterpart.
Trump has announced that he had received “an important letter” from Zelenski this Tuesday and, before showing his Thanks for the letterhas proceeded to read it. The content is the same as that of the message that the Ukrainian leader had hung on X, in which he was “ready to go to the negotiating table as soon as possible” and “prepared to work under the strong leadership of President Trump to get a lasting peace.”
“Really We appreciate how much has made To help Ukraine maintain their sovereignty and independence, ”said Zelenski’s message, which both Trump and his vice president, JD Vance, have spent days shaving the alleged lack of thanks. And towards also reference to the “Agreement on Minerals and Security”, the pact that was left without signing on Friday after the episode in the Oval Office, ensuring that “Ukraine is prepared to sign at the time it is convenient”For the US.
Trump has celebrated the sending of that letter and added that, “simultaneously”, he has had “Serious conversations with Russia” in which, he has assured, he has “received strong signs that they are ready for peace. ”
“Wouldn’t it be beautiful?” The Republican has raised three times. “Is Time to finish this madness. It’s time to end death. It’s time to end meaningless war. If you want to finish the wars, you have to talk to both sides”, He also stated, in defense of his approach to Vladimir Putin.
Falsehoods about Europe
Before that Trump had returned in his speech to repeat the Exaggerated figures of the economic aid that the US has sent to Ukraine, putting them again false above European contribution. He also said that “Europe unfortunately has spent more money Buying Russian oil and gas of what they have spent defending Ukraine, much more. ” And he has taken the opportunity to criticize his predecessor, Joe Bidenensuring that “he authorized more money for this war than Europe.”
His initial words on the help that the US has given in the last three years to Ukraine to defend against Russian invasion have caused One of the few moments when the Democrats have applauded him In his speech on Tuesday, collecting the feeling of the congressmen, including some Republicans, who do not want to abandon kyiv and alert the dangers that Trump’s political turn represents to Russia and that moves him away from NATO and Europe.
But Trump, who campaigned promising to end the aid, has reacted to those applause with scun. “Do you want to follow five more years?” He has raised the opposition with sneer. And has specifically pointed to the Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warrenone of those who applauded, using the insulting nickname he uses with her: Pocahontas.
