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9:58 23.02.2025 •
As he met with US governors in the White House today, Mr Trump claimed he had 'very good talks with Putin, and I've had not such good talks with Ukraine'.
Donald Trump has claimed Sir Keir Starmer 'didn't do anything' to end the Ukraine war – just days before he is due to welcome the Prime Minister to the White House, ‘The Daily Mail’ writes.
The US President lashed out at Sir Keir and France's Emmanuel Macron amid a transatlantic spat over Mr Trump branding Ukraine's Zelensky a 'dictator'.
Those comments riled both the PM and French President, who hit back at Mr Trump's attack on the Ukrainian President and doubled down on their support for Kyiv.
Mr Macron also warned Mr Trump against being 'weak' with Russia's Vladimir Putin, amid fears the US President has sided with Moscow during nascent peace talks.
This comes after the Mr Trump said in an interview with Fox News he didn't think it was 'very important' for Zelensky to be involved in peace talks as 'he's been there for three years' and that he 'makes it very hard to make deals'.
The American President also said Ukrainian leaders 'don't have any cards' in talks aimed at ending the country's war against a Russian invasion.
Mr Macron is expected to fly to America for talks with the US President on Monday, while the PM is set to head to the US later in the week.
But, ahead of their trips to meet Mr Trump, the US President risked a fresh outbreak of tensions with Sir Keir and Mr Macron by slating their approach to Ukraine.
In an interview with Fox News, he said: 'They didn't do anything either [to end the war]. The war's going on, no meetings with Russia, no nothing.
'They haven't done anything. Macron is a friend of mine, and I've met with the Prime Minister, he's a very nice guy... [but] nobody's done anything.
'I've been watching this go on for years and I'm doing it for one reason, I hate the killing. I hate to see those young people killed.'
Mr Trump also renewed his attack on Mr Zelensky – who is furious at being sidelined from US talks with Russia – and claimed Ukraine was negotiating with 'no cards'.
'I've been watching for years, and I've been watching him negotiate with no cards,' the US President said.
'He has no cards. And you get sick of it. You just get sick of it. And I've had it. He's been at a meeting for three years, and nothing got done.
'So, I don't think it's very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you. He makes it very hard to make deals.'
Mr Trump also claimed Mr Putin 'wants to make a deal' after US and Russian officials met for talks in Saudi Arabia – without Ukraine's involvement – earlier this week.
'He wants to make a deal. And he doesn't have to make a deal, because if he wanted, he'd get the whole country,' the US President added.
Mr Trump boasted that Russia 'did not attack' Ukraine during his first spell in power and repeated his claim that the conflict 'shouldn't have started'.
The US President added he would take a call from Mr Zelensky – who he has labelled a 'modestly successful comedian' – despite their recent angry exchanges.
Mr Zelensky this week swiped that Mr Trump is 'living in a disinformation space' created by Russia, in response to the US President's attack on him.
As he met with US governors in the White House today, Mr Trump claimed he had 'very good talks with Putin, and I've had not such good talks with Ukraine'.
The US President astounded European capitals earlier this week with his claims that Ukraine was to blame for the war and Mr Zelensky is a 'dictator without elections'.
Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, an ally of Mr Trump, yesterday joined attacks on Mr Zelensky by claiming he runs a 'fraud machine feeding off dead bodies of soldiers'.
British PM Starmer in Kyiv with Zelensky.
Photo: AP
Zelensky committed to transfer all ports/NPPs/UGSF/gas transportation system/titanium and gas production under British control, the sources in the Ukrainian presidential office reported.
Ukraine cannot give up $500 billion in resources requested by US President Donald Trump, since Zelensky assigned them to Britain in a secret memorandum signed in Kyiv when British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited. This was reported by the Ukrainian TV channel Resident. It should be noted that at the same time, the EU countries, in particular Germany, expected to receive their share in the Ukrainian subsoil.
As Bloomberg recalls, Zelensky promised to sign an agreement on mineral resources with the US at the Munich Security Conference, but did not do so. Subsequently, US Treasury SecretaryScott Bessentwas sent to Kyiv , but he was sent back to Washington empty-handed. Zelensky refused to sign the agreement, which greatly annoyed Trump. The American minister even considered some of the Ukrainian president's statements at the conference to be "inappropriate."
The Resident’s sources in the Ukrainian presidential office reported that the main disagreements over rare earth minerals occurred with Trump due to the active role of Britain on this track, which “has already taken control of key energy/industrial infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.”
"In the secret part of the agreement, which was signed by Volodymyr Zelensky and Keir Starmer, and the parliament ratified (general points), we committed to transfer all ports/NPPs/UGSF/gas transportation system/titanium and gas production under British control. This is precisely why MI6 played an active role in preparing a response to US representatives, which angered Trump that he was being offered coal and unexplored resources with the need to invest tens of billions of dollars,"— the source writes.
Let us recall that on January 16, 2025, in Kiev, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and usurper Volodymyr Zelensky signed the Agreement on a Centenary Partnership between Ukraine and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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