us media: trump was strongly dissatisfied when zelensky said he didn’t know how to end the conflict between russia and ukraine
2024-09-27
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according to an american broadcasting corporation (abc) report on september 26, us republican presidential candidate and former president trump lashed out at ukrainian president zelenskiy on the 25th, accusing the other party of "making some malicious slander" against him.
according to the report, although trump did not clearly explain what zelensky said, the latter recently criticized trump and his running mate and vice presidential candidate vance in an interview with the new yorker magazine.
former u.s. president trump source: associated press
previously, trump has repeatedly stated that if he were still the president of the united states, the russia-ukraine conflict would not happen, and that if he wins this year's u.s. presidential election, he can end the conflict on his first day in office. however, trump did not elaborate on how that would be accomplished.
in an interview with "the new yorker" magazine, zelensky expressed doubts about trump's claim that he knows how to end the conflict between russia and ukraine. he said: "my feeling is that trump doesn't really know how to stop this war, even though he may think he does. a lot of times with this war, the deeper you look into it, the less you understand. i’ve met many leaders who were sure they knew how to end this war tomorrow, but as they looked deeper, they realized it wasn’t that simple.”
zelensky also called vance's position that ukraine might have to cede territory to do so "too radical," saying the senator "sends a message that seems to say ukraine must make sacrifices."
on september 25, local time, in a speech at a campaign event in north carolina, trump claimed that ukraine had been “destroyed” and that towns and cities had disappeared and would “never come back again.” he also claimed that "millions" of people had died and accused ukraine of "using young children and the elderly" while its army was short of soldiers.
ukrainian president zelensky photo source: visual china
according to reports, trump said in his speech that zelensky refused to "make a deal" to end the war. "every time he comes to our country, he takes away $60 billion," trump said, calling zelensky "probably the greatest salesman in the world." at the same time, trump criticized the large amount of u.s. aid provided to support ukraine in its fight against russia and the way zelensky used it.
"what do you have left now?" trump said. "this country is completely destroyed...those buildings are down. those cities are gone. they're gone. and we're continuing to sell to a man who refuses to make a deal. providing billions of dollars.” agence france-presse pointed out that in recent months, trump has criticized the united states’ assistance to ukraine and called for more european funding.
abc mentioned that one day ago, on the 24th, at another campaign event in georgia, the united states, trump stated that he had no confidence in ukraine’s victory and at the same time praised russia’s military capabilities. he said: "unless i am elected president, the united states will be mired in this war. i will get things done. i will negotiate. i will leave (involvement in the russian-ukrainian conflict). we have to leave. biden said, we we won’t leave unless we win. so what if they (referring to the russian army) win? they are good at these things, they are good at fighting.”
the report also mentioned that sources revealed that trump said last week that he "may" meet with zelensky during his next visit to the united states, but the meeting is now not expected to happen. there are reports that this is because trump is dissatisfied with zelensky’s remarks in an interview with the new yorker.
