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Trump Walks Back Zelenskiy 'Dictator' Comments
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0:11Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump sidestepped questions about providing an American “backstop” to any peacekeeping force in Ukraine, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited the White House to press for greater American security guarantees.
Trump made the remarks on Thursday at the start of his first face-to-face meeting with Starmer since retaking office and stunning European allies by opening direct peace talks with Russia. The president said the focus should first be on securing an end to the war that Russia dramatically expanded with its full-scale invasion three years ago.
“I don’t like to talk about peacekeeping until we have a deal,” Trump said next to Starmer in the Oval Office. “Right now, we don’t have a deal. We have Russia, we have Ukraine.”
Still, the US president appeared to edge away from his earlier description of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who’s due to visit the White House on Friday and approve a deal on critical-mineral sharing, as a “dictator.” “Did I say that? I can’t believe I said that — next question,” Trump said.
Trump’s comments highlighted the challenge facing Starmer and other European allies as the UK premier carries out a delicate, last-ditch bid to urge the president to slow his efforts to negotiate an end to war directly with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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