Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone on Friday, with the former US president claiming to have promised the Ukrainian president to ‘end the war’ between Ukraine and Russia if he returned to the White House. ‘As your next president of the United States, I will bring peace to the world and end the war that has cost so many lives,’ the Republican presidential candidate in November declared on his Truth Social platform, describing a “very good call.” Donald Trump frequently claims that he would be able to end the conflict in Ukraine very quickly upon returning to office, but without ever providing details on how he would do so.
Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the phone call, during which he congratulated the billionaire on his official inauguration the day before as the Republican Party’s presidential candidate.
‘I underscored the vital support of both parties and both houses of Congress in protecting our nation’s freedom and independence,’ he said on his X account.
Donald Trump’s frequent praise of
Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as his criticism of other NATO member countries, is causing concern among Ukraine’s Western allies.
In February, he had threatened, in the event of his return to the White House, to no longer guarantee the protection of the countries of the Atlantic Alliance against Russia if they did not pay their share, even affirming that he would “encourage » Moscow to attack them.
The former American president also used his influence over the Republicans to block for months in Congress a package of 61 billion dollars in military aid for kyiv, finally adopted at the end of April.
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Joe Biden’s United States is by far the largest donor of military aid to Ukraine, and a victory for Donald Trump could jeopardize any future aid and thus force kyiv to negotiate with Moscow in an unfavorable position.
In his speech Thursday accepting the Republican Party’s nomination for the November presidential election, Donald Trump portrayed himself as a leader of international sta
ture, capable of ending conflicts in the world “with a phone call.”
‘I will end all the international crises that the current administration has created, including the horrible war with Russia and Ukraine, which would never have happened if I were president,’ said the Republican candidate. , also citing the war in the Gaza Strip, provoked by the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.
In his publication on Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president also condemned the ‘shocking’ assassination attempt against Donald Trump on Saturday in Pennsylvania.
He had already said on Monday that he did not fear a new Republican presidency, despite the uncertainties that his election would cause about the sustainability of Washington’s support for kyiv.
‘I think if Donald Trump becomes president, we will work together. I am not afraid,’ he said during a press conference in kyiv.
Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump also have serious liabilities. The American billionaire was the target at the end of his mandate in 2019-2020 of an i
mpeachment procedure in the United States for having tried to put pressure, during a telephone call, on the Ukrainian president so that the Ukraine is investigating the son of Joe Biden, his rival for the 2020 presidential election.
Source: Burkina Information Agency