Russia holds the cards in peace talks, Trump tells the BBC.

Russia holds the cards in peace talks, Trump tells the BBC.

Donald Trump claims that because Russia has “taken a lot of territory. He thinks they have “the cards” in any peace negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine.

The US president told the BBC that he believes Moscow wants the war that. Russia initiated with its full-scale invasion over three years ago to come to a conclusion.

After calling Ukrainian President. Saudi-sponsored investment gathering in Florida, Trump was on his way back to Washington, DC.

In response to US-Russian negotiations in Saudi Arabia that excluded Kyiv. Zelensky claimed that the US president was “living in a misinformation universe” controlled by Moscow, which infuriated Trump.

“I genuinely believe that the Russia holds the cards want the war to end. They have taken a lot of territory, therefore I believe they have some cards. On Air Force One, Trump told the BBC, “They have the cards.”

Trump responded “I do” when asked if he believes that Russia wants peace.

He was speaking only hours after Trump used the same term in a Truth Social post. Calling the Ukrainian president. A “dictator” in a tirade against Zelensky in Florida.

Trump’s post was a direct response to Zelensky’s “disinformation” remarks.

According to a White House official.

He opposes holding elections. According to actual Ukrainian polls, he is low. Given that every city is being destroyed, how can you be high? In Florida, Trump remarked.

Zelensky was scheduled to leave office in May 2024 after a five-year term. However, since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The country has been under martial law, and elections have been halted.

Trump has made an effort to politicize Zelensky’s popularity by asserting that the Ukrainian president’s approval rating was just 4%. However, according to BBC Verify, 57% of Ukrainians indicated they trusted the president in a poll taken this month.

European officials, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Stating that “it is simply incorrect and dangerous to deny President Zelensky his democratic legitimacy.”

In a phone conversation with the Ukrainian president. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer made it apparent that he supported Zelensky.

Then, Trump seemed to accuse Ukraine of starting the war, saying, “You should never have started it.” You might have struck a bargain.

Zelensky responded by accusing Russia of lying during the “notorious meeting” on Tuesday.
As a leader, he remarked. With all due respect to President Donald Trump . He is living in this disinformation realm.”