Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he is concerned about President Donald Trump's possible return to the White House, commenting on President Trump's claim that he could end the war between Ukraine and Russia within 24 hours. He reiterated his earlier criticism that it was “extremely dangerous.”
This was reported by the Associated Press in an interview with Britain's Channel 4 News that aired on Friday. report President Zelenskiy invited the former president, who is the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, to visit Kiev on the only condition that President Trump fulfills his promise.
“Donald Trump, I invite you to Ukraine, to Kiev. If we can stop the war within 24 hours, I think that's enough,” Zelenskiy said at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. He spoke at the conference and after the closed session, asking for funding. and donations for his country's causes.
World Economic Forum (WEF) Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy join leaders attending a special address on the opening day of the WEF in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, January 16. Let's follow. , 2024. (Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty)
Ukraine's head of state went on to call President Trump's proposal “very dangerous” and said that President Trump's idea of a negotiated solution with Russia might involve significant concessions by Ukraine. I guessed it wasn't. He said:
(Trump) is going to make the decision himself…I'm not even talking about Russia, but without both sides, without us. It's kind of scary when he says this in public. I've seen so many victims and it's stressing me out a bit.
[…] Because even if his idea (to end the war) (which no one has heard yet) does not work out for us, for our people, he will do it anyway to implement his idea. Because he would do anything. And this is a little worrying.
This is not the first time Zelensky has challenged Trump.
As reported by Breitbart News, President Zelenskyy last year expressed fears that President Trump might return to the White House in 2024 before pleading for the addition of the American-made Patriot missile system. Admitted.
He said he doesn't know exactly how Republican leaders would react if Russia invaded during his presidential term, and instead praised President Joe Biden's support.
“President Biden is a president in an all-out war, and he has helped us more than President Trump,” Zelenskiy said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has admitted that he fears President Donald Trump's possible return to the White House. https://t.co/obnkDTOJyq
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) June 4, 2023
As Breitbart News reported, five months later, he took 24 hours to explain to President Trump that he couldn't end the Ukraine war in 24 hours because he couldn't manage Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said it would take minutes.
“Former President Trump said we could get the situation under control and end this war within 24 hours,” President Zelenskiy said on NBC's “Meet the Press.”
He went on to say: You are very welcome. President Biden was here, and I think he understood something else that you can understand just by being here. If President Trump can come here, he'll invite him. ”
Zelenskiy added: “You don't need 24 minutes, or even more, to explain to President Trump that he can't manage this war. We can't bring peace because of President Putin. If, but… There's always a “what if”. If he is not trying, and if we are not ready to give our territory to this terrible man, Putin, if we are not ready to give it to you, then we are not ready to give our independence. If not, he can't manage it. ”
WATCH: Zelenskyy needs 24 minutes to explain to Trump that he can't manage Putin
President Zelenskiy continues to insist that there can be no peace agreement that does not predicate the withdrawal of all Russian troops from the lands they have occupied from Ukraine since 2014, including Crimea.
Ukraine's ability to negotiate that outcome was severely weakened, at least in the short term, by the failure of the summer counteroffensive.
