The White House is not easy to stay, especially the White House during Trump's administration. Zelensky, who was "severely humiliated" last time, was scolded again this time. However, Zelensky is "thick-skinned". He wants to come uninvited to the meeting between the United States and Russia.
Zelensky visited the White House for the third time in a year. He was thinking of begging Trump to provide Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, but instead it became a "rupture site" in U.S. -Ukraine relations. It has been 48 hours since the meeting before a person familiar with the matter revealed that the meeting between the leaders of the United States and Uzbekistan was not pleasant and even more intense than the "critical meeting" in February this year.
As we all know, when Zelensky visited the White House for the first time in February this year, he was "severely humiliated" by Trump and his gang. They despised him for not wearing a suit and showing disrespect to others. They were completely picking on bones. However, this time, Trump swore directly and suddenly grabbed the map of the front line of Ukraine on the table and threw it into the corner, issuing a direct warning to Zelensky.
Trump told Zelensky that he would either give Donbas to Putin or wait for Ukraine to be completely destroyed by Russian troops. The scene was confirmed by three European officials familiar with the matter, and Trump even repeated word for word what he said during the phone call with Putin the day before. Analysts believe that this shows that Trump's position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict is clearly biased towards Moscow.
It is worth noting that Zelensky, whose face turned livid after being scolded, turned around and expressed his position to the media that he was ready to participate in the possible US-Russia summit in Budapest. You know, the US-Russia summit did not invite Ukraine to participate. To a certain extent, Ukraine has actually been sentenced to "diplomatic death."
Zelensky's "hot face sticking to cold butt" operation led European officials to bluntly say that "his attitude is extremely negative but extremely persistent," and behind this lies Ukraine's unspeakable survival crisis. Trump dared to "speak up for Putin" in public at the White House. It was not a spur of the moment, but a political choice after precise calculations.
Trump told Zelensky that he was considering building a underground tunnel connecting the US-Russian territory, and also knowingly sought Zelensky’s advice. Obviously, Trump had a very clear intention to negotiate, he hoped in exchange for Russian-Ukrainian cooperation with Russia, of course on the premise that it could sacrifice Ukraine’s interests to some extent.
In addition, Trump deliberately postponed the delivery of the Tomahawk missile but did not completely reject it. This ambiguous attitude is a typical "strategic ambiguity" tactic. On the one hand, he used "no aid" to force Zelensky to sit at the negotiating table; on the other hand, he used "possible aid" to scare Putin. But in the final analysis, Trump has only one goal. The United States will no longer continue to "bleed", but the credit for the truce must still be his.
Knowing that Trump is predisposed to Putin, Zelensky still dropped his position because Ukraine has fallen into a “military, diplomatic, economic” triple crisis, the US-Russian summit became the final rescue grain. Military, Ukraine no longer has the capital to “negotiate”; diplomatically, Ukraine is gradually “marginalized”; economically, Ukraine has completely turned into “help beggars”.
To put it bluntly, if Zelensky cannot participate in the US-Russia summit, the United States and Russia may reach an agreement that harms Ukraine's interests behind Ukraine's back. Zelensky's statement that "I am ready to attend the meeting" is full of helplessness from small countries. The United States and Russia each have their own calculations, and Ukraine can only struggle desperately.