Trump's stormy conversation with Zelenski. “Financial Times” reveals the scenes of the White home meeting

The Friday gathering of U.S. president Donald Trump with Volodymyr Zelenski in the White home was to run in an highly tense atmosphere. According to reports from the “Financial Times”, the American leader was to call on the president of Ukraine in harsh words to accept the conditions of Russia for ending the war. The talks were accompanied by emotions and even – as the sources say – screaming and cursing.

Violent conversation at the White House

According to the British Financial Times, during the Friday talk Donald Trump He was asked by Volodymyr Zelenski to agree to Russian peace terms. According to paper sources, the president of the United States said straight that Ukraine should accept the failure of any territories to the east in order to "avoid complete demolition by Russia".

The gathering at the White home – as reported by the informants – sometimes got out of control. Trump He was expected to usage vulgar language, rise his voice and throw a map of the war front, indicating which areas – in his opinion – should be handed over to Russia. The atmosphere was expected to be so tense that respective advisors intervened, trying to calm the conversation.

Trump repeated Putin's arguments

According to “Financial Times”, in an interview with Zelenski Donald Trump He repeatedly repeated arguments he had heard from Vladimir Putin the day before. The president of Russia was to present to him a plan to end the war, including the surrender of Moscow to the full Donbas region in exchange for freezing the front in the south of Ukraine.

Trump was to claim that this was a "realist compromise" that could end the war. Zelenski powerfully rejected these suggestions, recalling that Ukraine would not agree to any territorial concessions. After a long exchange of views, however, the U.S. president was to ease his speech and support the concept of "a temporary front freeze".

Sources of the Financial Times say Trump Zelenski Meeting It ended without a breakthrough, but the Ukrainian side considered the declaration of halting the fighting to be a "step in the right direction".

No comments from the White home and Kiev

At the request of the agency Reuters, both the White home and the office of the president of Ukraine refused to comment on the "Financial Times" reports. According to analysts, this may indicate that the conversation was indeed highly hard and did not produce the desired results.

Zelenski's visit to Washington was intended to get additional military support. Meanwhile, the president of the United States, according to the Financial Times, focused mainly on the issue of ceasefire and possible peace with Russia.

Another summit in Budapest

In the context of the full situation there is besides an earlier discussion Trump with Putinwhich took place the day before the gathering with Zelenski. During that time, the Russian leader proposed to donate tiny portions of the Chersonia and Zaporozh regions in exchange for control over the larger part of Donbas.

According to the “Financial Times”, both leaders agreed to hold another summit on the war in Ukraine. The gathering is scheduled to take place in the next 2 weeks, most likely in Budapest. erstwhile talks, which took place in August in Alaska, ended without a breakthrough.

Political consequences of the conversation

Commentators stress that the course of the gathering may have serious political implications. If reports are true, the position Donald Trump to Ukraine It can be perceived as besides convenient for Russia. This in turn could affect the relations of the US with European allies, who inactive support Kiev militarily and financially.

However, any analysts argue that Trump is trying to implement his strategy to end the war at all costs – even at the expense of Ukrainian territorial concessions.

Friday Trump Zelenski Meeting In the White House, it showed how hard talks on the Washington–Kijów line are today. Although both sides avoid authoritative comments, the relation of the Western media reveals an image of sharp negotiations, in which there was no deficiency of emotion and hard words.

Will Trump's plan at the end of the war in Ukraine prove to be real – it remains open. 1 thing is known so far: relations between the US and Ukraine are entering a new, much more demanding stage.