Volodymyr Zelensky in a diplomatic maneuver, he avoided answering what will happen with the war in Ukraine in the event of an election by Donald Trump in the US presidency.
“I don’t know him very well. I don’t know. I had meetings with him, we had good meetings when he was president. But we didn’t go through the war together,” Zelensky said during a speech at the Ronald Reagan Institute in Washington on the sidelines of the summit. from NATO.
“I can’t say what he will do if he becomes president of the United States. I don’t know,” Zelensky insisted, speaking in English.
“Don’t wait for November, folks”
However, he called on the American political leadership do not wait” in the November elections to strongly support their country.
“Everyone is waiting for November. The Americans are waiting for November, in Europe, in the Middle East, in the Pacific, the whole world is waiting for November and, frankly speaking, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is also waiting for November.” But “it is time to come out of the shadows, to make strong decisions (…), to act and not wait for November or any other month,” the Ukrainian president insisted.
The former president and his allies, for their part, insist that the fears are overblown and stem from unfair animosity toward the former president. Trump has promised to continue U.S. involvement in NATO as long as member states meet defense spending targets and continue to contribute to Ukraine’s defense.
Sources: Reuters, APE-MPE, Politico