Chaos? Zelensky once more rejects a mineral deal with the USA because Trump refuses to remove him as Trump lashes out at both Zelensky and Putin

 

As Colonel Douglas Macgregor, among others, warned there will be no peace, no progress until Zelensky is removed from power in Kiev.

Yet, Trump has refused to remvoe Zelensky, allowing him to refuse a minerals deal yet again.

Now Trump is lashing out at Zelensky for not signing a deal and at Putin for asking for Zelensky to be removed.

Confusion? Chaos? 

Trump must chose between peace or Zelensky, a mineral deal or Zelensky.

Either or.

From media

US President Donald Trump has taken aim at both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky as ceasefire negotiations remain in deadlock. Speaking on Sunday, Trump initially condemned Putin for questioning Zelensky’s credibility as a negotiating partner but later softened his stance on the Russian leader while warning Zelensky of “big, big problems” if he backed out of a rare earth minerals deal with the US.

Trump has been pushing for a swift resolution to the war and has pressured Zelensky to agree to an agreement granting US firms exclusive rights to Ukraine’s valuable rare earth minerals. Speaking to reporters aboard his flight to Washington, Trump expressed frustration over Zelensky’s apparent reluctance. He also downplayed Putin’s earlier remarks suggesting Zelensky was not a credible leader, stating that while he was “disappointed” in Putin’s comments, he remained confident in ongoing negotiations.

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Lloyd Austin seen as 'godfather' of the secret ops

In early January, Generals Donahue and Cavoli visited Kyiv to meet with General Syrsky and ensure that he agreed on plans to replenish Ukrainian brigades and shore up their lines, the Pentagon official said. From there, they traveled to Ramstein Air Base, where they met Mr. Austin for what would be the final gathering of coalition defense chiefs before everything changed.

With the doors closed to the press and public, Mr. Austin’s counterparts hailed him as the “godfather” and “architect” of the partnership that, for all its broken trust and betrayals, had sustained the Ukrainians’ defiance and hope, begun in earnest on that spring day in 2022 when Generals Donahue and Zabrodskyi first met in Wiesbaden.

https://newscentral.africa/trump-criticises-both-putin-and-zelensky-over-ceasefire-stalemate/