“Maybe he has an idea”
Zelensky invites Trump to Kiev
January 20, 2024, 5:11 a.m
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Former President Trump repeatedly claims that he can end the war between Russia and Ukraine within a day. When asked about this, Ukrainian President Zelensky fluctuates between humor and seriousness.
Ukrainian President Zelensky has invited former President Donald Trump to visit. In an interview with the British broadcaster Channel 4 News, when asked whether he would invite Trump to Kiev, Zelensky said: “With pleasure!”
Addressing Trump, Zelensky said with a smile: “If you can end the war within 24 hours, then that will be reason enough to come.” Trump, who is currently running again for the Republican presidential nomination, has repeatedly stated that he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine within a day.
With a serious face, Zelensky added: “Who knows, maybe Donald Trump really has an idea, a real idea, then he can share it with me.” You shouldn’t keep such an idea to yourself. Trump has not yet announced details of his peace plan. In his victory speech after his primary victory in Iowa, Trump repeatedly claimed that Russia would not have attacked Ukraine if he had still been president because he and Putin “got along very well.”
Zelensky made it clear that Trump’s claim could be “a political message,” in other words: campaign talk. If that’s the case, then the statement doesn’t scare him. But if it is “a formula,” then he must know it. The Video There appears to be an abridged version of the interview on the Channel 4 News website. According to Ukrainian To report Zelensky said he only needed 24 minutes “to explain to President Trump that he cannot manage this war. He cannot bring peace because of Putin.” Trump is welcome to come to Ukraine, “but I think he can’t end the war in 24 hours without giving Putin our land.”
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Zelensky admits in the interview that Ukraine could not have survived without US help. Ukraine was able to fight for the first few days without help, and perhaps could have held out for a few months without help from abroad, but not for two years.
Putin does not want peace with Ukraine, Selenskyj emphasized; the Russian president still wants to bring the whole of Ukraine under his control. It is always better to find a political solution than to fight a war. At this point Zelensky smiled again and noted that there was someone who had an idea of 24 hours.