President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin are “stupid” if they don’t soon reach a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
“I believe they’re at a point now where they come together and get a deal done, and if they don’t, they’re stupid,” Trump said during a meandering speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “It goes for both of them, and I know they’re not stupid, but if they don’t get this done, they are stupid. So I don’t want to insult anyone, but you got to get this deal done.”
Trump had invited the Ukrainian president to meet with him on the sidelines of the event. But a Ukrainian official told MS NOW on Wednesday that Zelenskyy was planning to stay in Kyiv. Ukrainian officials had said Zelenskyy was prepared to travel to Davos if the White House agreed to a bilateral meeting, but the White House has not committed to that meeting.
Trump said he would meet with Zelenskyy “later today.” He later clarified to reporters that he would meet with Zelenskyy on Thursday. But it remained unclear whether Zelenskyy had agreed to come to Davos.
Ukrainian officials had been hopeful that Zelenskyy and Trump would meet to sign two documents at the event. The first would cement security agreements for Ukraine in peace deal negotiations, and the second would create an $800 billion economic support package for postwar reconstruction.
The announcement of the $800 billion “prosperity plan” by European and U.S. officials in Davos this week was reportedly derailed by European opposition to Trump’s threats to acquire Greenland, the Financial Times reported, citing six officials familiar with the talks. The outlet also said there was opposition to Trump’s “Board of Peace” plan to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza.
“What happens is, oftentimes, we’ll have a deal with Russia, Russia is set, and President Zelenskyy will not do it,” Trump said Wednesday during a Q&A with reporters after his speech. “You saw that when he was in the Oval Office. I was not happy. And then we’ll have President Zelenskyy wants to make a deal, and Putin doesn’t want to make the deal. It’s a very difficult balance.”
Trump said later during the interview that “we’re reasonably close to a deal” to end the war in Ukraine. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are set to travel to Moscow on Thursday to meet with Putin.
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Ukraine Breaking News said in the last few minutes that Zel is on his way to Davos.
Dunno which report is correct.
TACO is already on his way back to the US. So no meeting between him and Zel will take place in Davos.
According to the BBC, Zel is already talking to TACO. So there are a lot of conflicting reports going around.
Lies and propaganda from MSNBC (a failed company that now had to change their name to MS now), they always fool their viewers. The best thing to do if you want the truth is to ignore them and their Fake News.
That report is 24 hrs. old, Red, and it’s true that Zelensky didn’t plan on going there yesterday.
You can always count on lies from MSNBC/MS now:
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/msnbc/
What the hell are you on about?
Ukraine Breaking News is reliable and Ukrainian. It’s the FB site of a Ukrainian news outlet :
https://novyny.live/en/
From your link:
“When reporting straight news stories, MS Now is highly factual and well-sourced.”
Zelensky will speak with Trump in Davos at 13.00. He has arrived already.
Why doesn’t that orange chicken shit take the short flight to Kyiv and meet Zelensky? Nevermind, he’s an orange chicken shit… I digress.
President Biden travelled to Kyiv and met President Zelenskyy there…
Of course, President Biden wasn’t a chicken shit…
Biden was a chicken, but he was a Rambo when compared to Taco.
The dateline on the MSNOW article was Jan. 21, 2026, 3:32 PM. The article states, “it remained unclear whether Zelenskyy had agreed to come to Davos.”
Apparently, plans changed after the article was published.
This is what our allies think of us:
“Eklat in Davos: Verwirrter alter Mann stürmt Podium und pöbelt eine Stunde lang herum”
Headline translation:
“Scandal in Davos: Confused old man storms the stage & rants for an hour.”
https://www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/davos-trump.html