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At a meeting in August Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyPresident Donald Trump reportedly interrupted the discussion to make comments about “beautiful” Ukrainian women and then arranged for the former Miss Ukraine to have a phone call with Zelensky. A new report.
Just days after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, U.S. President Meet Zelensky and seven other European leaders In the Oval Office, discussions about the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia became more relaxed.
Trump reportedly interjected into the conversation that “Ukrainian women are beautiful,” citing his experience overseeing the Miss Universe pageant. new york times.
Shortly thereafter, Trump called his friend Phil Ruffin, the American businessman and wife of former Miss Ukraine Oleksandra Nikolayenko, and asked her to speak with Zelensky for 10 to 15 minutes. While the sudden call was unexpected, it was reported It has brought Trump and Zelensky closer together. “The room paused as the two men spoke in Ukrainian,” the report said.
An official present told the New York Times that Trump’s sudden withdrawal from the peace talks changed the “temperature” of the room.
“Everyone laughed. What it did was create a human connection. It was a melding of minds. It humanized Zelensky and Trump,” claimed the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
This anecdote is one of many reported in The New York Times In-depth report About the Trump administration’s attempts last year to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
The report details how Trump and his team are seeking to bring peace between the two countries. The two countries have been embroiled in a bloody war since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. The government has been trying for months to get Putin to meet them at the negotiating table while trying to persuade Zelensky to make more concessions than he expected.
As Trump begins his second term, he appears to be more sympathetic to Putin. In February, Trump’s Feelings less enthusiastic about Zelensky This was on full display during a televised Oval Office meeting with Vice President J.D. Vance reprimanding the president of Ukraine in front of reporters.
But as time went on, the president seemed to warm to Zelensky — and the Oval Office meeting in August seemed to be a turning point.
In September, about a month after the friendly meeting in the Oval Office, Trump calls Zelensky a ‘great man’ at the United Nations General Assembly and Reported discussion of supplying weapons to Ukraine – Signal changes in government policy.
The president then said on “Truth Society” that he believed “Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, has the ability to fight and win the return of the entire Ukraine to its original status.”
The president’s sudden change in public opinion of Zelensky, which surprised even those close to him, may have been a tactic to “shock” Russian officials, one adviser said.
After hosting Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, Trump insisted that peace was “closer than ever” and even suggested that “Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed.” However, both presidents acknowledged that several issues, including Ukrainian land, still need to be resolved. Trump also reportedly said he had a “wonderful” two-and-a-half-hour conversation with Putin before meeting Zelensky. Associated Press.