Over the past few days, the American administration flows even shocking symmetrism – this is how Donald Trump's words about Ukraine commented on TVN24 TVN24 journalist Michał Sznajder. On the other hand, TVN Andrzej Zaucha's reporter in Kiev said that “Ukrainians are absolutely outraged.”
US President Donald Trump suggested at the Tuesday press conference that Ukraine should have been the end of the war.
– I hear that they are angry, that they do not take place (at the negotiating table). Well, they have been taking place for three years, and it could be arranged much earlier, even a weak negotiator could do it years ago, without losing a large amount of land, a very small amount of land, without losing his life and without losing cities that simply lie (in debris – ed.) – said Trump.
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– They should have ended three years ago. They should never start it. They could conclude a contract. I could conclude a contract for Ukraine, which would give them almost all earth, everything, almost all of the earth. And no one would die, he repeated.
Trump: three years ago you could reach an agreement, but it was not doneReuters
“Shocking symmetry”
Trump's words were commented on by TVN24 TVN24 BIS journalist Michał Sznajder.
– We do not know if Trump speaks Putin, because Putin believes whether Putin knows how to talk to him, so that Putin's narrative stays in Trump's head or because Donald Trump does not really have any outstanding motivation to speak otherwise – he said.
He added that in the last few days the American administration flows “shocking symmetrism”, putting the sides of the war – Russia and Ukraine – “somehow on an equal footing”. – I have the impression that Donald Trump just sent a signal to Kiev, saying: “You shouldn't have started it,” he added.
At the same time, he added that Trump's message is directed primarily to the Americans themselves and is to serve his purposes regarding internal policy. He mentioned, among others, the US fight with inflation, to which the full -legged invasion of Russia in Ukraine contributed.
“Ukrainians are absolutely outraged”
However, Andrzej Zaucha, who was in Kiev, said about the reactions of Ukrainians to Trump's words.
– Ukrainians are absolutely outraged. They say that Trump once again sticks another knife in the back of Ukraine – he said.
– Today the latest survey of the best sociological institute in Ukraine has appeared (Kiev International Institute of Sociology – ed. Donald Trump said that Zelanski supports four percent of Ukrainians and that they dream to change him. This is a total Russian narrative – TVN's “Facts” reporter continued.
He added that the messages flowing from the American authorities are “shocking news” for Ukrainians. – They repeat all the time – “apparently Donald Trump wants to communicate with the Russians at all costs to do business with them again,” he reported.
“Ukrainians are absolutely outraged by Trump's words.” The account of Andrzej Zaucha from Kiev
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