Trump Scolded Zelenskyy Over U.S. Aid, Saying Ukraine Had No Cards Without America
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Updated · NBC News · May 19
Trump Scolded Zelenskyy Over U.S. Aid, Saying Ukraine Had No Cards Without America
6 articles · Updated · NBC News · May 19
An Oval Office meeting last year turned confrontational when Donald Trump rebuked Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing the Ukrainian leader of failing to show gratitude for U.S. backing.
Trump framed that support as decisive leverage, telling Zelenskyy that “without us, you don’t have the cards,” according to the report.
The exchange underscores how Trump cast U.S. assistance to Ukraine not as open-ended support but as political and strategic leverage over Kyiv.
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