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Trump to Z. Accept or Be Damned

by Oui Mon Oct 20th, 2025 at 07:24:25 AM EST

Trump hates losers ...

Trump urged Zelensky to accept Putin's demands in shouting match

Insiders claim Donald Trump flung maps across the Oval Office room and warned Volodymyr Zelensky that Vladimir Putin would "destroy" Ukraine unless he surrendered the entire Donbas region.


Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin's terms or be 'destroyed' by Russia | Financial Times |

US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia's terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would "destroy" Ukraine if it did not agree.

The meeting between the US and Ukrainian presidents descended many times into a "shouting match", with Trump "cursing all the time", people familiar with the matter said.

They added that the US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier.

Though Ukraine ultimately managed to swing Trump back to endorsing a freeze of the current front lines, the acrimonious meeting appeared to reflect the capricious nature of Trump's position on the war and his willingness to endorse Putin's maximalist demands.

Mediator Trump wobbles back and forth

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Trump Backstabs Zelenskyy? Forces Ukraine To Cede Donbas, Accept Putin's Demands In Latest Meet?

Alaska ’Peace’ Summit …

Vladimir Putin ’demands key regions of Ukraine in exchange for peace' | Sky News |

Zelenskyy outlines peace terms amid reports Putin gave Trump territory demand | ABC News - AU |

After a post-meeting phone call with Mr Trump, Mr Zelenskyy wrote on X that "a real peace must be achieved, one that will be lasting, not just another pause between Russian invasions".

"Killings must stop as soon as possible, the fire must cease both on the battlefield and in the sky, as well as against our port infrastructure,"' he said.

As Trump wobbles, Zelenskyy pivots repeatedly with European leaders who hold no cards in a solution, just another enduring conflict Europe has a history of.

Silent on the opportunities Zelensky had and WASTED ... time and again ... was Biden's war ... listened to Ukrainian "hero" Boris Johnson to abandon golden opportunity for negotiations in March 2022 ... today listening to European support from Starmer-Macron-Merz to defeat Russia and not concede any territory.

President Biden Introduces Ukraine's Zelensky As 'President Putin' | Forbes News |

Trump Urges Ukraine to Leave Donbass as Is: ’78% Taken by Russia' | APT News |

Ukraine must come to the realisation it has ’lost’ the war with Russia | Sky News Australia |

Trump vs Z. and Europeans

Trump Abandons Kiev: Europe Bears the War Alone.. | Prof. John Mearsheimer |

Smart move by the old man in the White House … dithering and unpredictable … war anyone?

’Cruel irony': Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest, ’where Ukraine’s security was once guaranteed'

EU seeks to disrupt any peace efforts on Ukraine ahead of Putin-Trump meeting — Russian diplomat

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