Trump Meets Zelensky & ICE Ride-Along | 4.28.25
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What happened during Trump's meeting with Zelensky?
Trump sits down one-on-one with Zelensky in Rome and ramps up pressure on Putin.
There's no reason to suspect that Vladimir Putin will respond in any way to this unless and until the United States changes its attitude to bringing this war to an end.
After Russia's latest attack on Ukraine, where do peace talks stand now?
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President Trump traveled to the Vatican on Saturday for the first foreign trip of his second term. There, he honored the Pope and met face-to-face with Vladimir Zelensky as well as other European leaders.
Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips joins us now with the latest. Hey, Cabot, so we'll get to the Pope's funeral with Meghan in the next segment. But first, some big meetings took place this weekend and some iconic images actually came out of it. What did we see?
Well, the first international trip of Trump's second term was a brief one. It only lasted 14 hours, but it was certainly consequential. While waiting for the funeral to start, President Trump and Vladimir Zelensky huddled with Britain's Keir Starmer and France's Emmanuel Macron. It was a remarkable scene of political strength and, importantly, unity there in St. Peter's Basilica. Another image shows Trump and Zelensky intensely meeting one-on-one on that famous floor. Now, keep in mind, this was their first encounter since Zelensky's just disastrous visit to the White House back in February. But this time, there were no advisors, translators, or video cameras. And by all accounts, things went much more smoothly this go-round.
Zelensky called it a, quote, "...very symbolic meeting that has potential to become historic," adding that he and Trump discussed a "...full and unconditional ceasefire and reliable and lasting peace." Now, for his part, the president certainly seemed more pleased with Zelensky than last time, writing on Truth Social that it was time for a high-level summit to, quote, finish it off. In his words, most of the major points are agreed to.
Well, now, following that meeting, Trump really ramped up the pressure on Putin, and he took to social media. What did he say to the president of Russia?
Yeah, for months, Trump has been taking a more diplomatic approach with his Russian counterpart, implying it was actually Zelensky who was the reason that a deal had not yet been struck.
How did Trump escalate pressure on Putin?
Following Saturday's sit down, he took a rare public shot at Putin, writing on social media that, quote, there is no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns over the last few days. Makes me think that maybe he does not want to stop the war. He's just tapping me along. It has to be dealt with differently through banking or secondary sanctions.
Too many people are dying. So Trump really escalating threats against Russia while these peace negotiations are going on. And where do those talks stand now? Well, it's been just an up and down few days.
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