Trump Hints at Zelensky Ouster if He Doesn’t Change Tune: ‘That Person Won’t Be Around Very Long’

President Donald Trump hinted at the possible removal of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from his position if he doesn’t change his tune to become more amenable to a peace deal with Russia on Monday.

During a question-and-answer session with reporters, one journalist asked Trump if Americans should be concerned about the Russian Government saying that Trump’s foreign policy vision lined up with its own.

“Well, I tell you what, I think it takes two to tango, and you’re going to have to make a deal with Russia, and you’re going to have to make a deal with Ukraine. You’re going to have to have the assent, and you’re going to have to have the consent from the European nations, because I think that’s important, and from us.” answered Trump before making the comment directed at Zelensky. “I think everybody has to get into a room, so to speak, and we have to make a deal, and the deal can be made very fast. It should not be that hard a deal to make. It could be made very fast. Now, maybe somebody doesn’t want to make a deal, and if somebody doesn’t want to make a deal, I think that person won’t be around very long. That person will not be listened to very long because I believe that Russia wants to make a deal. I believe certainly the people of Ukraine want to make a deal, they’ve suffered more than anybody else. We talk about suffering, They’ve suffered.”

He went on to make the case that he has been tougher on Russia than any other president in the 21st century:

But if you think about it, under President Bush, they got Georgia, right? Russia got Georgia. Under President Obama, they got a nice big submarine base, a nice big chunk of land where they have their submarines. You know that, right? Crimea. Under President Trump, they got nothing. And under President Biden, they tried to get the whole thing. They tried to get the whole big, big Ukraine. The whole thing. If I didn’t get in here, they would have gotten the whole thing. So, I can only say, you can go back to Bush, you can go back to Obama, and go back to Biden. They took a lot. The only one they didn’t get. You know what I gave them? I gave them anti-tank missiles. That’s what I gave them. I gave them sanctions on Russia, on Russia. I gave them javelins. You know, the javelins? You know, when they took out all those tanks, you know, the tanks were heading to Kyiv by the hundreds and they were unstoppable. And I gave them javelins. So, you know, I really-, Putin is the one that will tell you this has not been so good for them. The fact is that I just want fairness, I want fairness. But think of it, I gave Russia nothing except grief. I gave them nothing. I gave them sanctions and javelins. That’s what I gave them. Obama gave them sheets. And you heard that statement before? It’s a very famous. Trump gave them javelins and Obama gave’em sheets. And then they say how close I am to Russia. And let me tell you, we have to make a deal because there are a lot of people being killed that shouldn’t be killed. But remember, Trump gave them nothing and the other presidents gave them a lot. They gave them everything.

Trump’s comments follow his explosive Oval Office dust-up with Zelensky last Friday.

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