Former President Donald Trump said Friday before meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in New York City that it was time to end the war in Ukraine, and credited Zelenskiy with defending him during Democrats' Ukraine impeachment hoax. expressed his gratitude.
Speaking to reporters before the meeting, President Trump reiterated his commitment to ending the war in Ukraine if he wins a second term.
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“It has to end. It has to end. He's been through hell,” Trump said, referring to Zelensky. “This country has been through hell… No one has ever seen anything like it. It's a terrible situation.”
Trump also thanked Zelensky for saying that Trump had done nothing wrong during a 2019 phone call when Democrats launched their impeachment campaign against Trump.
Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who at the time had been appointed by the Pentagon to serve on the National Security Council under the Trump administration, worked with then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to help President Trump. began impeachment. He claimed that Trump tried to withhold military aid from Ukraine until Zelensky turned over information about shady business dealings between Hunter Biden and the CEO and a Ukrainian energy company that was under investigation.
At the time, Mr. Zelenskyy said Trump did not press him on the call.
“When they made the impeachment hoax, it was a hoax and it was just a Democratic hoax that we won. But one of the reasons we won so easily was that [President Zelensky] When asked, it was on the phone with the president, and he said he could have made a big show of it, but he didn't.
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“He said President Trump did nothing wrong. The impeachment hoax died there because he said it clearly. He could have said, 'Well, I don't know. “I don't know.''To be honest, I haven't even told you about this.''But he was like, “There's nothing wrong with President Trump.'' I haven't,” he said. I had a very good call. ”
However, President Trump told Zelensky that the relationship between the two countries needs to be mutually beneficial.
After Zelenskiy said, “I really think we can have a better relationship,” Trump responded, “But you know, it takes two to tango.”
President Trump said he wants to somehow resolve the war in Ukraine, calling it “good for both sides.”
“The time has come,” President Trump said. “By the way, the president knows that too. He wants to get things done. He doesn't want to do those things. And we look forward to seeing them made. I look forward to being with him.”
He thanked Zelensky again, saying, “But what I said was true. He was a ball of steel. He answered very honestly, straight, and that was really the end of it. Essentially impeachment. It put an end to misinformation, and I appreciated that.”
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