Trump discusses his stance on Zelenskyy, signals possible increase in aid to Ukraine

He spoke about this in an interview with The Atlantic.

When asked by a journalist whether Trump sees a scenario in which the United States would provide Ukraine with more weapons to preserve its territorial integrity, he replied:

“Doesn’t have to be weapons. There are many forms of weapons. Doesn’t have to be weapons with bullets. It can be weapons with sanctions. It can be weapons with banking. It can be many other weapons.”

The head of the White House was also asked if there was anything that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin could do that would make Trump say, “You know what? I’m on Zelenskyy’s side now”?

“Not necessarily on Zelensky’s side, but on Ukraine’s side, yes. Yeah. But not necessarily on Zelensky’s side. I’ve had a hard time with Zelensky. You saw that over here when he was sitting right in that chair, when he just couldn’t get it,” said the U.S. president, referring to the meeting in the Oval Office on February 28.

According to Trump, all Zelenskyy needed to do at that time “was to keep quiet.”

“But instead of saying “Okay” when I made the statement, I said, “Well, we’re working to get it solved. We’re trying to help.” He said, “No, no, we need security too,’” the American leader added.

The head of the White House also repeated that Russia’s war against Ukraine is the war of former U.S. President Joe Biden. According to him, Washington provided $350 billion in support to Kyiv, while Europe helped much less.

“We’ll have to see what happens over the next period of pretty much a week. We’re down to final strokes. And again, this is Biden’s war. I’m not gonna get saddled—I don’t wanna be saddled with it. It’s a terrible war. Should have never happened,” Trump said.

• On April 26, U.S. President Donald Trump, after a personal conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the funeral of Pope Francis, issued a statement sharply criticizing Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.
• Later, Republican Senator John Kennedy stated that Putin had deceived Trump, and that he should be made to understand that the U.S. is ready to turn him and Russia into fish food.