WORLD NEWS: Trump says Zelensky “has to get his act together” to reach an agreement with Russia
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday described his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky as the obstacle to a deal with Russia, whose leader Vladimir Putin he insisted has been cooperative. “Zelensky has to get his act together and he has to close a deal,” Trump said in an interview with Politico. Trump, echoing language he used during a tense White House meeting a year ago, in which he and Vice President JD Vance publicly rebuked Zelensky, suggested the Ukrainian leader is in a weak position and needs to make concessions. “It is unthinkable that he would be the obstacle,” Trump was quoted as saying. “You don’t have the cards. Now he has even fewer cards.” “I think Putin is ready to make a deal,” Trump said. Trump has long claimed that U.S. support for Ukraine is a waste for the country and in the past has spoken admiringly of Putin, whom he invited to Alaska in August. Trump’s most recent comments about Ukraine came after he launched a war alongside Israel against Iran on Saturday, February 28, a conflict that is estimated to have already cost the United States billions of dollars. Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine on his first day in office in January 2025, but has acknowledged that goal has proven elusive as Russia continues its attacks on Ukraine. Trump has been reluctant to take more aggressive steps against Putin, arguing that he is the only leader capable of negotiating with both sides.
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