Zelensky now is reportedly ‘eager’ to negotiate directly with Trump, an ‘insider source’ in Kiev told Ukrainian outlet Strana on Sunday.
RT reported:
“An individual close to Zelensky’s office reasoned that Trump, as the de facto 2024 presidential nominee for the Republican Party, effectively controls the flow of foreign aid to Ukraine, since Republicans hold the majority in the House of Representatives and the House has been responsible for blocking the White House’s efforts to continue funding the Ukrainian conflict.
Zelensky’s cabinet ‘understands this, and therefore is trying to organize a direct conversation between Trump and Zelensky’, the source told Strana.
Trump publicly turned down a previous invitation from Zelensky to visit Kiev earlier this month, explaining that he was concerned it would be ‘inappropriate’ to go to Ukraine as Zelensky was currently ‘dealing with’ Trump’s successor and 2024 rival, President Joe Biden, and Trump ‘would not want to create a conflict of interest’.
