Zelensky's visit to the White House, far from as calm as we imagined, Trump directly faced Zelensky, threatened him with war, and after the two had a quarrel, Zelensky was expelled directly from the White House.
[Zelensky visits the White House for the third time and the two sides hold a closed-door meeting]
On the afternoon of October 17, Ukrainian President Zelensky visited the White House for the third time in Trump's second term, and Trump led a crowd representative with delegates led by Zelensky held a closed-door meeting in the White House banquet hall.
After the meeting, although Trump declared that the atmosphere of the two men's meeting was harmonious, Zelensky said that he had "sharp talks" with Trump.
The Financial Times that during this “intensive meeting” Trump urged Zelensky to accept the “armistice conditions” proposed by Russia and warned him that Russian President Putin had mentioned that if Ukraine did not agree, he would “destroy” Ukraine.
Sources familiar with the matter revealed that the meeting between the presidents of the United States and Ukraine turned into "fierce quarrels" many times, and Trump "swore many times" and even "reprimanded" Zelensky.
Another person familiar with the matter said that Trump also threw aside the map of the front line of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and said that he did not know where the red line came from and that he had not even been to these places. He asked Zelensky to "cede" the entire Donbas region to Putin.
A European official familiar with the talks said Trump told Zelensky that Putin explained to him that the conflict was a “special operation” rather than a “war,” adding that Zelensky had to reach an agreement or would face “destruction.”
It seems that Trump is issuing a "threat to destroy the country" to Zelensky, but why is Trump so angry this time? I'm afraid it still has something to do with Zelensky's poor diplomatic ability.
Zelensky visited the White House in February this year, resulting in a heated quarrel between Trump and Zelensky, which quickly spread around the world via live broadcast.
[Zelensky had a dispute with Trump at the White House in February]
At that time, Trump criticized Zelensky’s dress as ugly, and he didn’t like it very much, Wans criticized Zelensky for not knowing how to thank the United States, the United States did so much for Ukraine, Zelensky didn’t even say a thank you.
So in August of this year, President of the European Union Von der Leyen, NATO Secretary-General Luther, French President Macron, German Prime Minister Mertz, British Prime Minister Johnson, Italian Prime Minister Meloni and Finnish President Stubb collectively accompanied Zelensky’s visit to Washington.
Johnson personally selected clothes for Zelensky and taught him how to talk to Trump. Under such careful escort, Zelensky's second trip to the White House finally failed.
However, the third trip to the White House was without the escort of European dignitaries. Although Zelensky was still wearing the same clothes as when he visited the White House for the second time, it was a pity that his poor diplomatic ability still annoyed Trump.
In August, the top seven European politicians will accompany Zelensky to visit the United States.
Trump even rudely kicked Zelensky out of the White House, refused to hold a press conference with him at the White House, and refused to allow him to use the White House lawn to hold a press conference.
In desperation, Zelensky had to order his men to move a table and hold a press conference across the road outside the White House fence. The photos on the scene looked very crude and shabby.
In fact, starting with Zelensky's landing in Washington, Trump showed an unwelcome side to him, with media revealing that when Zelensky's special plane landed, Trump did not arrange officials to come to receive, but Zelensky's escorts and special pilots served as receptionists.
So from these points of view, Zelensky is really likely to be messy this time, and Trump is neither willing to supply Ukraine with “war-ax” missiles nor willing to let Zelensky participate in tripartite talks with Putin.
Zelensky holds a press conference on the other side of the street outside the White House fence
Zelensky Press Conference
Now the situation is that Trump has a firm belief in Putin’s words, and even helping Putin to Zelensky to the Donbass region, what will the future of Ukraine really be? whether Europe can have the joy of Trump or Russia can have the joy of Trump?