{"id":21655,"date":"2025-10-21T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=21655"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:37:31","slug":"trump-tells-zelenskyy-to-face-reality-says-parts-of-ukraine-now-belong-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/trump-tells-zelenskyy-to-face-reality-says-parts-of-ukraine-now-belong-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Tells Zelenskyy to \u201cFace Reality,\u201d Says Parts of Ukraine Now Belong to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON (FN) \u2014 Former President Donald Trump ignited outrage across Europe and Washington on Tuesday after reportedly telling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to \u201cstop playing the victim\u201d and consider surrendering territory to Russia to end the war. The remarks came after what aides described as a \u201ctense and unproductive\u201d private meeting between the two leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to people familiar with the exchange, Trump pressed Zelenskyy to make what he called a \u201crealistic peace\u201d by recognizing Russian control over parts of eastern Ukraine. The conversation, held at Trump\u2019s Florida estate, grew heated as Zelenskyy pushed back, warning that any concession would \u201creward aggression and destroy international law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump, however, doubled down, accusing Kyiv of \u201cbleeding the West dry\u201d with constant appeals for money and weapons. \u201cThe United States can\u2019t keep writing blank checks while Americans are struggling,\u201d Trump reportedly said, adding that \u201csmart leaders know when to make a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comments drew swift condemnation from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, who called them \u201creckless\u201d and \u201cmorally indefensible.\u201d European officials privately expressed alarm that Trump\u2019s remarks could embolden Moscow and undermine NATO unity ahead of next year\u2019s U.S. election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenskyy\u2019s office released a cautious statement afterward, saying Ukraine \u201cwill never bargain away its sovereignty\u201d and that \u201cpeace cannot be built on surrender.\u201d Still, the Ukrainian leader stopped short of directly criticizing Trump, mindful of the former president\u2019s continued political influence in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s remarks mark one of his most explicit breaks yet from U.S. policy, which has consistently backed Ukraine\u2019s territorial integrity since Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion. As he eyes a possible return to the White House, his comments have once again raised questions over whether a second Trump administration would abandon Kyiv \u2014 or strike a deal that could redraw Europe\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (FN) \u2014 Former President Donald Trump ignited outrage across Europe and Washington on Tuesday after reportedly telling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to \u201cstop playing the victim\u201d and consider surrendering territory to Russia to end the war. The remarks came after what aides described as a \u201ctense and unproductive\u201d private meeting between the two leaders. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[51,49,42,48,50,47],"class_list":["post-21655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","tag-putin","tag-russia","tag-trump","tag-ukraine","tag-war","tag-zelensky"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trump-and-Zelensky.jpg?fit=1012%2C530&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21658,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21655\/revisions\/21658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}