Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky with Donald Trump in the White House, Washington, D.C., August 18, 2025 (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
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In a special 37-minute analysis, I joined Times Radio’s Frontline on Monday night, just after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s appearance with Donald Trump but before Zelensky-Trump-Europe talks in the White House.
I explain to host Louis Sykes how Zelensky triumphed not only in presentation, keeping his cool amid Trump’s ramblings and the baiting of pro-Trump attack “journalists”, but also in substance.
I walk through the first commitment by Trump to security guarantees for Ukraine, Zelensky’s maneuver for a trilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin and Trump, and the prospects for ongoing US political and military assistance if Putin refuses to stop attacks.
What has Putin gotten out of his 42-month invasion? He got a photo op with Trump last Friday — yay. Three days, what’s he got?
Come back to me in another three days. If he has figured out how to pull the yo-yo’s strings, maybe we are in a different position. But I think his options are limited right now.
