Not the meeting Zelensky was dreaming of.
For the last few weeks, both Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky and the Mainstream Media were convinced that US President Donald J. Trump had a change of heart and was now fully supporting Ukraine’s war effort.
And what’s more, the wishful thinkers brushed past the fact that Trump was still not willing to spend another dollar in the conflict, and focused on the latest ‘wunderwaffe’: long-range Tomahawk missiles.
But yesterday (17), as Zelensky was headed to Washington, DC for the Trump meeting, his world came crashing down, as news circulated of the Trump call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and the upcoming meeting in Hungary.
The part of the meeting that was open to the press proceeded reasonably well, but reports say that after the press left, it became a tense meeting, in which Trump told Zelensky that he doesn’t intend to provide long-range Tomahawk missiles.
Zelensky was led to hope for commitments around new weapons, but Trump was ‘in a totally different state of mind’.
The US President stated that his priority now is diplomacy, and sending Tomahawk missiles could undermine it.
Watch: ‘Hopefully, we’ll be able to get the war over without thinking about Tomahawks’.
Zelensky constantly cuts in while Trump discusses Tomahawks
‘It’s NOT easy for us to give… hopefully, we’ll be able to get the war over without thinking about Tomahawks’
Rather than peace, Zelensky pitches drones for missiles https://t.co/cXBuGttGFq pic.twitter.com/7O3vRapib7
— RT (@RT_com) October 17, 2025
Axios reported:
“One of the sources said the meeting ‘was not easy’, while the other simply said ‘it was bad’. ‘Nobody shouted, but Trump was tough’, according to the first source.
‘Trump gave several strong statements during meeting and at some points it got a bit emotional’, the second source said.
The meeting ended abruptly after 2.5 hours. ‘I think we’re done. Let’s see what happens next week’, Trump said, referring to planned talks between the U.S. and Russia. Trump intends to meet Putin in Budapest sometime in the next two weeks.”
After the meeting, Trump departed for Mar-a-Lago without taking questions from the press.
Watch: Trump’s message to Zelensky and Putin – ‘Stop the war IMMEDIATELY’.
‘Stop the war IMMEDIATELY’ — Trump’s message to Zelensky and Putin
‘You stop at the battle line’
‘Stop right now at the battle line’ pic.twitter.com/DHTsu6zdHX
— RT (@RT_com) October 17, 2025
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