President Trump’s personal grievances with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky date back to his first term in office. From a 2019 phone call with Zelensky that led to Trump’s first impeachment to blaming Ukraine for Russia’s invasion, long-simmering tensions have been building before spilling into public view during a February meeting at the White House.
WSJ’s Yaroslav Trofimov breaks down how Trump’s personal relationship with Zelensky could play a role in determining the future of the war in Ukraine.
Chapters:
0:00 Trump-Zelensky relationship
0:47 Impeachment
3:00 Trump’s 2024 campaign
4:16 Oval Office meeting
5:57 The fallout
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Elon dressed like garbage inside the White House, and no one said a word. But they’re attacking a man going through war over his outfit? Disgusting double standards.
Deplorable
The president's words and actions tell us the level of that nation's people.
Budapest Memorandum
Don't make deals with america
Anyone asking Elon for government money back???anyone
I know, I know.
Bidden should be in jail
Vance choses his Ego vs Peace
Trump is the world's BIGGEST SORE LOOSER! This is all about pay back. Trump is paying Zalenskyy back for his empeachment trail, forget the GOP passed that opportunity by, and Zelenskyy has turned out to be the EXACT OPPOSITE – a true COURAGEOUS LEADER, who everyone supports and he WILL WIN. People love David and Goliath for a reason…its an old story that has never been more true than NOW.
Why ukraine don't want ceasefire? while russia US ready for ceasefire.Why ukraine say that war might reach Europe? They have to care about Ukrainians right! Why they want to protect other EU nations? What is the gain?
This presidency has single handily made a American a joke of country
This is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. Trump should be ashamed of himself.
Vance is too inexperienced to be in this room with Adults
態度が悪いからと一国のリーダーを非難して、追い返すのを初めて見ました。
アメリカでは、普通なんですか？
in few years we will look back, and we will see that russia spent a lot of money on this corrupted politician to prevent the USA to kick russia out.
the whole meeting was an embush!
We should ban use of AirPods in audio interviews especially for journalists.
tried diplomacy and it didn’t work…
Biden: destroying USA to save Ukraine
Trump: destroying Ukraine to save USA
What a gambling
I didn’t feel disrespected by Zelenskyy because I actually understand what he was trying to say. Too much to ask for political leaders looking for a dog and pony show I guess.
Europe aims to forge peace plan for Ukraine: https://on.wsj.com/4ioxzr0
If Trump does not want to be a part of this money laundering, what is the problem?