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We're going to work very much with both parties to try and get this settled and get it worked out,
Trump said, standing next to Zelenskyy while speaking to a small group of reporters ahead of their closed-door meeting It was a hoax, just a Democrat hoax, which we won,
Trump said of the impeachment effort, with Zelenskyy standing by his side Friday We have a very good relationship, and I also have a very good relationship, as you know, with President Putin,
Trump said as he stood next to Zelenskyy before the meeting One of the reasons we won it so easily is that when he [Zelenskyy] was asked … he could have grandstanded and played cute, and he didn’t do that,
Any deal – the worst deal – would’ve been better than what we have now. If they made a bad deal it would’ve been much better. They would’ve given up a little bit and everybody would be living and every building would be built and every tower would be aging for another 2,000 years … What deal can we make? It’s demolished. The people are dead. The country is in rubble.”
Days ago, we requested a meeting with you, and I really want to hear your thoughts directly and firsthand,
I watched this poor guy yesterday at the United Nations,
Trump had said of Zelenskyy in a campaign speech in North Carolina These proposals are the same as those of Putin, and let us be clear, they are not proposals for peace,
We both want to see this end and we both want to see a fair deal made.
Speaking after their meeting, Trump said Putin killed so many people and we need to do everything to pressure him to stop this war, and he’s on our territory,
We hope that the strength of the United States will be very strong, and we count on it. That's why I decided to meet with both candidates,
It’s good for both sides. It’s time. And by the way, the President [Zelenskyy] knows that too. He wants to get something done,
We’re gonna have a good meeting today. I think the fact that we’re even together today is a very good sign,
I think we have a common view that the war in Ukraine has to be stopped, and Putin can’t win. Ukraine has to prevail. And I want to discuss with you the details of our Plan of Victory,
the Ukrainian president said His country [Ukraine] is going through hell... Nobody’s ever seen anything like it; it’s a terrible situation,
Russia will not prevail. Ukraine will prevail, and we’ll continue to stand by you every step of the way
It’s not a surrender. My strategy is to save lives
Trump said, though he refused to comment on whether he believed Ukraine should cede territory to Russia to end the war As you know, President Zelensky has asked to meet with me, and I will be meeting with him tomorrow morning at around 9:45 in Trump Tower
Trump told journalists at a press conference in New York, All of us in Ukraine want to end this war with a just peace. And we know that without America this is impossible to achieve. That's why we have to strive to understand each other and remain in close contact."
Quote from Zelenskyy’s letter to Trump Europe is paying only a small fraction of the money the United States of America is paying, and we have an ocean between Russia and ourselves; they don’t,
said Trump, repeating a point he has made before, including during his election debate with Democrat Kamala Harris