Meanwhile, Selenskyj said that he had coordinated with leading European politicians about paths to peace. “The most important conclusion is that Europe has to and can do much more to ensure that peace is actually achieved,” he said in his evening video address. “We have clear suggestions with our partners in Europe and we can ensure the implementation of the European strategy on this basis, and it is important that this happens together with America.”
In addition to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the conversation partners Selenskyjs included the heads of state and government of Sweden, Poland, Ireland and Croatia. With a view to the agreement on Ukrainian raw materials, Selenskyj explained: “It is an agreement that can enrich our relationships and the most important thing is that we work out the details so that it can work.”
In the past week, Ukraine had had a deal that had already been negotiated from the USA to access the USA on rare earths stored in Ukraine and other minerals. US Finance Minister Scott Bessent had to travel back without any things. Then Trump began scolding Selenskyj in public.
On Friday, Trump followed up in an interview in his housekeeper Fox News and described Selenskyj as a bad negotiator: “I saw him negotiated with empty hands. He has no cards and you are fed up,” he said. “You’re just fed up and it is enough for me.” Selenskyj took part in meetings for three years, but he didn’t get anything. “He makes it very difficult to reach a deal and see what happened to his country.”
In the interview, the US President claimed that it would have been easy to prevent Putin from attacking Ukraine. “You could have talked out very easily,” said Trump. His predecessor Biden chose the wrong words that Selenskyj chose the wrong words. And the European countries would also have done nothing for three years.
