{"id":10512,"date":"2025-02-25T14:55:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T14:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=10512"},"modified":"2025-02-25T14:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T14:55:30","slug":"trump-says-hes-sick-of-how-zelenskyy-has-handled-ukraines-war-with-russia-he-has-no-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=10512","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he\u2019s \u2018sick\u2019 of how Zelenskyy has handled Ukraine\u2019s war with Russia: \u2018He has no cards\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had very good talks with Putin, and I\u2019ve had not such good talks with Ukraine,\u201d Trump said of the U.S. negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve had very good talks with Putin, and I\u2019ve had not such good talks with Ukraine,\u201d Trump said of the U.S. negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.President Donald Trump on Friday continued his ongoing attacks against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as tensions between the two leaders exploded onto the public stage this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been watching this man for years now, as his cities get demolished, as his people get killed, as the soldiers get decimated,\u201d Trump said on Fox News Radio\u2019s \u201cThe Brian Kilmeade Show\u201d on Friday morning. \u201cI\u2019ve been watching for years, and I\u2019ve been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards, and you get sick of it. You just get sick of it. And I\u2019ve had it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. has been working with international partners to broker peace talks to end the war in Ukraine. Over the weekend, several high-level U.S. officials headed to Saudi Arabia to meet with members of the Russian government without Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the meeting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the preliminary talks included a decision to re-establish embassy staffing and potential economic benefits for Russia if the war in Ukraine ends. But on Friday, Trump told Kilmeade that he doesn\u2019t think Zelenskyy is \u201cvery important to be at meetings, to be honest with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been at a meetings for three years, and nothing got done,\u201d Trump said. \u201cSo, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you. He\u2019s been there for three years. He makes it very hard to make deals. But look what\u2019s happened to his country, it\u2019s been demolished.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later Friday, during a meeting with governors at the White House, Trump added he has had \u201cvery good talks with Putin, and I\u2019ve had not such good talks with Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump added that peace talks are the only way to stop more deaths in the war, telling the governors, \u201cMillions of people are killed. I think, far more people than anyone understands. And we have people that better get to the table, get it ended. Should have never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House and the Ukrainian embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the details of potential peace talks began to emerge last week on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Zelenskyy was adamant that Ukraine must have a seat at the table.\u201cI will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine, never,\u201d Zelenskyy said during an interview with NBC News\u2019 \u201cMeet the Press\u201d last week in Munich. \u201cThis is the war in Ukraine, against us, and it\u2019s our human losses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that interview, he also praised Trump, telling moderator Kristen Welker that Putin \u201cdoesn\u2019t want any peace. But I think he\u2019s really a little bit scared about President Trump, and I think the president has this chance and he\u2019s strong, and I think that really he can push Putin to peace negotiations.\u201d
The spat between Trump and Zelenskyy intensified this week, spilling into public as Trump on Tuesday said that Zelenskyy \u201cshould have never started\u201d the war, which Russia launched when it invaded Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenskyy then accused Trump of living in a \u201cdisinformation bubble\u201d and pushing Kremlin talking points. In response, Trump called Zelenskyy a \u201cdictator\u201d and a \u201cmodestly successful comedian.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, Kilmeade repeatedly pressed Trump on Putin, saying, \u201cBut Mr. President, but you know who\u2019s to blame for that. But don\u2019t you think it\u2019s Vladimir Putin that did the invasion unwarranted to try to take back land he had no right to? And don\u2019t you think fundamentally, that\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, both sides want to talk, it seems, so we should just get to that point?\u201d Kilmeade added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey only want to talk because of me. If I wasn\u2019t involved, they wouldn\u2019t be talking to each other. And Russia would continue to, you know, go through Ukraine because they are going through, Brian, they\u2019ve taken a lot of land, and Russia would continue to march through Ukraine,\u201d Trump responded, dodging the direct question about which nation is to blame for starting the war.Later, Kilmeade asked Trump whether \u201cthe Russians should be celebrating right now, because they hear the rhetoric coming from the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, the president demurred, blasting Zelenskyy and saying the Russians \u201creally want to make a deal.\u201d
\u201cI think they really want to make a deal, I do. They found it impossible to make a deal with Zelenskyy as his buildings came down,\u201d Trump told Kilmeade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the president\u2019s praise of Russia and condemnation of Ukraine escalated this week, several members of his own party warned against Trump\u2019s escalating rhetoric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHere\u2019s where I disagree with the White House: To the extent that the White House said that Ukraine started the war, I disagree. I think Vladimir Putin started the war. I also believe, through bitter experience, that Vladimir Putin is a gangster. He\u2019s a gangster with a Blackhawk,\u201d Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, after Trump indicated that he believed Ukraine was to blame for the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., echoed Kennedy, telling reporters that same day: \u201cMake no mistake about it, that invasion was the responsibility of one human being on the face of this planet. It was Vladimir Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n

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