Trump to Meet Zelenskyy: Another 'Art of the Deal' for Ukraine?
The Financial Times announces Donald Trump will meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington. One might recall their last notable interaction: Trump's 2019 phone call with Zelenskyy, asking for a 'favor' – investigating the Bidens – which led to Trump's first impeachment. This was explicitly conditioning military aid vital to Ukraine's defense, a fact documented in the July 25, 2019 call transcript
released by the White House. So, as the FT reports this upcoming meeting as if it's new diplomacy, one wonders if Zelenskyy will once again find himself caught between a rock and a politically motivated hard place. How many times can one nation's sovereignty be treated as a bargaining chip for domestic political gain before the media stops pretending it's just another 'meeting'?