Trump had previously said that if a deal could not be reached quickly, his government would abandon its peace efforts.
Earlier this week, he took to social media to write ‘Vladimir STOP’ when the Russian president fired bombs on Kyiv, demonstrating his firm stance against both governments.
He has threatened to cut off all U.S. assistance to Zelensky.
Additionally, he has pressured Zelensky to make previously unpopular concessions, like admitting that any agreement to end the conflict will not transfer Crimea, which Moscow took from Ukraine in 2014.
According to James, “there was a physical response of aggressive arousal when they fell out in the Oval office, with Trump in particular looking keen to register physical dominance.”
