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President Donald Trump addressed escalating tensions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Friday, warning he has “had it” with the backlash as the U.S. works with Russian officials to broker a peace deal in the ongoing war.
Trump argued Zelenskyy has “no cards” to negotiate leverage for a deal on “The Brian Kilmeade Show,” <radio.foxnews.com/fox-news-talk/brian-kilmeade/> as the pair have publicly hurled insults at one another in recent days.
“I’ve been watching this man for years now as his cities get demolished, as his people get killed, as his soldiers get decimated,” Trump told Brian Kilmeade.
*RUSSIA, UKRAINE TAKE ‘SIGNIFICANT FIRST STEP TOWARD PEACE’ AFTER RUBIO-LED NEGOTIATIONS, WHITE HOUSE INSISTS* <www.foxnews.com/politics/russia-ukraine-take-significant-first-step-toward-peace-after-rubio-led-negotiations-white-house-insists>
“I’ve been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards, and you get sick of it,” he continued. “You just get sick of it, and I’ve had it.”
Trump argued Zelenskyy is a poor negotiator, noting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traveled to Ukraine <www.foxnews.com/politics/hawley-calls-watchdog-over-ukraine-aid-after-democrats-blocked-previous-effort> last week to broker a mineral agreement, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, but said the pair “couldn’t even come close” to a deal.
The president said the entire trip was dangerous for Bessent, and a waste of time.
The deal would have facilitated U.S. investment in the war-torn nation and also provided “the best security guarantee they could ever hope for,” according to National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
Meanwhile, U.S. officials traveled to Saudi Arabia to discuss a possible peace deal <www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-frustrations-zelenskyy-escalate-us-turns-up-pressure-ukraine-reach-peace-deal> with Russian counterparts, a meeting that Ukraine was not invited to.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Waltz met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs advisor, Yuri Ushakov, to hash out ways to end the conflict.
*‘MAKE NATO GREAT AGAIN’: HEGSETH PUSHES EUROPEAN ALLIES TO STEP UP DEFENSE EFFORTS* <www.foxnews.com/politics/make-nato-great-again-hegseth-pushes-european-allies-step-up-defense-efforts>
Zelenskyy told reporters Tuesday in Turkey that “nobody decides anything behind our back,” after stressing in recent days that Kyiv will not agree to a peace negotiation without Ukraine’s input.
“I get tired of listening <www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-zelenskyy-war-words-heats-up-even-us-looks-wind-down-war-ukraine> to it,” Trump responded. “I’ve seen it enough, and then he complains that he’s not at a meeting that we’re having with Saudi Arabia trying to intermediate peace. Well, he’s been at meetings for three years with a… president who didn’t know what the hell he was doing. He’s been at the meetings for three years and nothing got done, so I don’t think he’s very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you. He’s been there for three years. He’s he makes it very hard to make deals.”
U.S. officials also have met with Ukrainian officials about a peace deal. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg said Wednesday in a post on X that the U.S. remains committed to ending the war and finding ways to establish “sustainable peace.”
President Donald Trump addressed escalating tensions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Friday, warning he has “had it” with the backlash as the U.S. works with Russian officials to broker a peace deal in the ongoing war.
Trump argued Zelenskyy has “no cards” to negotiate leverage for a deal on “The Brian Kilmeade Show,” <radio.foxnews.com/fox-news-talk/brian-kilmeade/> as the pair have publicly hurled insults at one another in recent days.
“I’ve been watching this man for years now as his cities get demolished, as his people get killed, as his soldiers get decimated,” Trump told Brian Kilmeade.
*RUSSIA, UKRAINE TAKE ‘SIGNIFICANT FIRST STEP TOWARD PEACE’ AFTER RUBIO-LED NEGOTIATIONS, WHITE HOUSE INSISTS* <www.foxnews.com/politics/russia-ukraine-take-significant-first-step-toward-peace-after-rubio-led-negotiations-white-house-insists>
“I’ve been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards, and you get sick of it,” he continued. “You just get sick of it, and I’ve had it.”
Trump argued Zelenskyy is a poor negotiator, noting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traveled to Ukraine <www.foxnews.com/politics/hawley-calls-watchdog-over-ukraine-aid-after-democrats-blocked-previous-effort> last week to broker a mineral agreement, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, but said the pair “couldn’t even come close” to a deal.
The president said the entire trip was dangerous for Bessent, and a waste of time.
The deal would have facilitated U.S. investment in the war-torn nation and also provided “the best security guarantee they could ever hope for,” according to National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
Meanwhile, U.S. officials traveled to Saudi Arabia to discuss a possible peace deal <www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-frustrations-zelenskyy-escalate-us-turns-up-pressure-ukraine-reach-peace-deal> with Russian counterparts, a meeting that Ukraine was not invited to.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Waltz met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs advisor, Yuri Ushakov, to hash out ways to end the conflict.
*‘MAKE NATO GREAT AGAIN’: HEGSETH PUSHES EUROPEAN ALLIES TO STEP UP DEFENSE EFFORTS* <www.foxnews.com/politics/make-nato-great-again-hegseth-pushes-european-allies-step-up-defense-efforts>
Zelenskyy told reporters Tuesday in Turkey that “nobody decides anything behind our back,” after stressing in recent days that Kyiv will not agree to a peace negotiation without Ukraine’s input.
“I get tired of listening <www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-zelenskyy-war-words-heats-up-even-us-looks-wind-down-war-ukraine> to it,” Trump responded. “I’ve seen it enough, and then he complains that he’s not at a meeting that we’re having with Saudi Arabia trying to intermediate peace. Well, he’s been at meetings for three years with a… president who didn’t know what the hell he was doing. He’s been at the meetings for three years and nothing got done, so I don’t think he’s very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you. He’s been there for three years. He’s he makes it very hard to make deals.”
U.S. officials also have met with Ukrainian officials about a peace deal. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg said Wednesday in a post on X that the U.S. remains committed to ending the war and finding ways to establish “sustainable peace.”