You know, when you’re losing, ’cause he’s losing,” Mr Trump told Politico magazine, according to a published transcript of their interview. “I give the people of Ukraine and the military of Ukraine tremendous credit for the, you know, bravery and for the fighting and all of that. They’re using war not to hold an election, but, uh, I would think the Ukrainian people ... should have that choice,” Mr Trump told Politico in the interview published on Tuesday. The Americans today are looking for a compromise,” Mr Zelenskiy said after meeting the leaders of Britain, Germany and France in London. Mr Zelenskiy held talks with EU and Nato officials in Brussels on Monday evening, before flying to Rome to meet Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and Pope Leo XIV.

Source: The Irish Times December 10, 2025 08:58 UTC