Former President and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has officially declined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s invite to visit Ukraine; “I have great respect for President Zelenskyy, but think it would be inappropriate to go to Ukraine at this time,” Trump wrote in a statement.
“The Biden administration is currently dealing with him, and I would not want to create a conflict of interest.”
Zelenskyy originally extended the offer during NBC’s Meet The Press.
“Former President Trump said that about 24 hours, that he can manage it and finish the war,” Zelenskyy told NBC. “For me, what can I say? So he’s very welcome as well. President Biden was here, and he – I think he understood some details which you can understand only being here.
“So I invite President Trump. If he can come here, I will need 24 minutes – yes, 24 minutes; not more. Yes. Not more. Twenty-four minutes to explain President Trump that he can’t manage this war.”
Diplomacy with Russia’s Vladimir Putin is impossible, despite Trump’s claim to the contrary, Zelenskyy continued.
“He can’t bring peace because of the Putin,” he said. “If, but always there is an ‘if,’ if he’s not trying and if he’s not ready to give our territory for this terrible man, for the Putin, if you are not ready to give it, if you are not ready to give our independence.
“He can’t manage it.”
“If Russia will kill all of us, they will attack NATO countries and you will send your sons and daughters [to fight],” Zelenskyy said told NBC.
More over at Newsmax:
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