From the Hill / Yahoo!News:
"Trump knocks Zelensky for resisting ‘land swap’ with Russia
President Trump criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday over the leader’s resistance to cede territory to Russia, saying he disagrees “very, very severely” with Zelensky.
“I get along with Zelensky, but, you know, I disagree with what he’s done. Very, very severely disagree. This is a war that should have never happened,” Trump told reporters at the White House, referring to Russia’s more than three-year war in Ukraine.
In an attempt to broker an end to the conflict, Trump announced last week he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
Trump has said the meeting will touch on some territorial swapping for “the betterment of both” countries, a proposal Zelensky staunchly opposed Saturday.
“Of course, we will not give Russia any awards for what it has done. The Ukrainian people deserve peace,” he said, adding that “all partners” must understand peace and that “Ukrainians will not give their land to an occupier.”
Trump said he was perturbed by the Ukrainian leader’s resistance.
“I was a little bothered by the fact that Zelensky was saying, ‘Well, I have to get constitutional approval.’ I mean, he’s got approval to go into war and kill everybody, but he needs approval to do a land swap — because there’ll be some land swapping going on,” Trump said.
He added that the land swap will be “for the good of Ukraine”...
Zelensky has not been invited to the summit with Putin."
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Of course the proposed swap of Ukrainian territories for Ukrainian territories would NOT be good for Ukraine. And it was Trump's beloved Putin who "went to war to kill everybody", Zelensky only led his country's defense.
As a commenter said, "There is a serious issue with the way this is being handled, any negotiation that doesn't include Ukraine is going to fail. Trump so far is only negotiating with Russia and telling Ukraine what they are going to do. That's not going to work."
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