Harriet Barber
Mar 9, 2025
Donald Trump said Ukraine “may not survive” as the White House put pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky to give up territory to Russia
US officials are understood to have told the Ukrainian president that he must pledge to cede land if he wants the US to lift its ban on weapons and intelligence sharing.
Mr Trump said in interview on Sunday that Mr Zelensky had taken money from the US “like candy from a baby” and criticised his counterpart for not being “grateful”
He was asked if he felt comfortable that he had “walked away” from the country by suspending US aid and intelligence sharing with Kyiv.
Mr Trump replied “it may not survive anyway”, in an apparent reference to Russia’s continuing gains on the battlefield.
Minerals deal will not convince Trump to resume aid to Ukraine, says US officials
Donald Trump has privately made clear to aides that a signed minerals deal between Washington and Kyiv will not be enough to restart aid and intelligence sharing with the war-torn country, two sources have told NBC News.
The officials said that Mr Trump wants the deal – which would give the US a stake in Ukraine’s mineral resources – signed, and also a change in Volodymyr Zelensky’s attitude toward peace talks. They said this would include a willingness to make concessions such as giving up territory to Russia.
Mr Trump also wants Mr Zelensky to make some movement toward elections in Ukraine and possibly toward stepping down as his country’s leader, the officials said.
Elections in Ukraine have been paused under the country’s constitutional provision for martial law, which has been in effect since Russia invaded in 2022.
Am reminded of a famous line that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created for Sherlock Holmes when Holmes fully realised the depth of evil he was up against:
“There is devilry here, Watson, else I am much mistaken.”
putler has three nuclear powers helping him to murder Ukrainians.
A fourth nuclear power has now joined team putler.
They said this would include a willingness to make concessions such as giving up territory to Russia.
A real President would demand at least Russia to leave Ukraine one way or another.
“Mr Trump replied “it may not survive anyway”, in an apparent reference to Russia’s continuing gains on the battlefield.”
I’m not sure the orcs in Toretsk share this sentiment. They are slowly being surrounded.
Trump, being a draft dodger, has no inkling about military matters, otherwise he would not make a fool of himself in a nonstop fashion with this and similar statements. Does the buffoon even realize that his buddy’s army is using donkeys?.