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[text/qi qian, observer network] after arguing in the air for several days, trump and zelensky finally met.

on september 27, local time, ukrainian president zelensky, who was visiting the united states, held his first meeting with former us president and republican presidential candidate trump since 2019 at trump tower in manhattan, new york.

during the meeting, the two talked to themselves: zelensky said he relayed his "victory plan" for the war to trump; trump emphasized that only his election can end the russia-ukraine conflict. according to reuters and the us political news network "politico", at the press conference before the meeting, when trump said that he had a "very good relationship" with russian president vladimir putin, zelensky interjected and said that he and trump of "better relations".

"i had a very productive meeting with trump," zelensky posted on the social media x platform after the meeting. he introduced trump to his "victory plan" and other details related to the current situation. . he also said: "i am grateful for this meeting. we need a just peace. we agree that this war must stop. putin cannot win. the ukrainians must win."

zelensky has already met with us president biden and vice president and democratic presidential candidate harris. a u.s. official revealed that zelensky used the opportunity of his visit to the united states to promote his "victory plan." the plan calls for the united states to provide more weapons and lift restrictions on the use of long-range missiles, with the ultimate goal of outright defeating russia. but some u.s. officials believe that goal is unrealistic.

trump posted on his own social media platform "truth social" that this was a "great meeting."

he then emphasized: "if i am elected president, the russian-ukrainian conflict will end soon. otherwise, this war will never end and trigger world war iii. harris can never end this war... nothing it will change, except for death and destruction, and it will only get worse!”

at the press conference before the meeting on the 27th, trump told reporters that he had a "very good relationship" with zelensky. he also pointed out: "i also have a good relationship with president putin. you know, i think if i win the election, we will solve this problem very quickly."

trump's statement was refuted by zelensky. he interjected: "i hope we can build a better relationship." reuters said that zelensky was implying that he had a better relationship with trump than putin.

"yeah, but you know, after all, a slap in the face can't make a difference," trump responded. he then added: "i think it's a good sign that we were able to come together today and hopefully we both can get a win. because if the other (harris) wins, i honestly don't think either one of us is going to win anything. ”

when a reporter asked whether ukraine should give up territory to end the war, trump replied: "we'll see what happens first."

reuters stated that although trump has not changed his position on the russia-ukraine conflict, his tone has changed significantly.

recently, zelensky's visit to the united states has caused widespread dissatisfaction among trump and republicans. according to cnn, on the 22nd local time, zelensky arrived at an arsenal in the swing state of pennsylvania as the first stop of his visit to the united states. after attending the un general assembly meeting on the 25th, he met with biden and harris successively.

johnson, the republican speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, questioned zelenskiy's alleged "election interference" during his trip to the united states. on the 25th local time, johnson wrote to zelensky, asking him to fire ukraine’s ambassador to the united states, oksana markarova, believing that markarova arranged for zelensky to visit the arsenal “with the intention of helping the democratic party campaign” , is obviously interference in the election."

in addition, zelensky’s remarks in an interview with the new yorker on the 22nd directly angered trump. zelensky blasted at the time that "trump doesn't know how to actually stop the war, even though he may think he does." he also accused trump's deputy and republican vice presidential candidate vance of being "too aggressive" on the ukraine issue.

in response, trump issued his "clearest and harshest" criticism of zelensky. at a campaign rally on the 25th, he accused zelensky of refusing to reach an agreement with russia on the russia-ukraine conflict. he bluntly said that ukraine "has been destroyed and no longer exists, and it is impossible to rebuild it." however, zelensky came to the united states to "maliciously slander" him.

trump said zelensky wanted harris to win the election and called zelensky the "greatest salesman of all time" as his country receives billions of dollars in military aid from the united states and europe .

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