Ukraine, Trump: ‘Zelensky has no cards to play, he only has Trump’

Turin, 12 January (LaPresse) – US President Donald Trump has stated that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky does not and has never had “real cards to play” in negotiations, adding that the Ukrainian president has only one: Trump himself. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing an interview given by the US leader to the New York Times. Trump confirmed his February statement that Zelensky ‘has no cards’ in negotiations on Ukraine. ‘He has had no cards since day one,’ he stressed. Zelensky ‘only has Donald Trump. If it weren’t for Donald Trump, it would be a total disaster, and he knows it, European leaders know it, and everyone knows it,’ the tycoon added.