Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the assassination attempt made on Donald Trump’s life — saying the moment is an opportunity for the US to find unity.
The deadly shooting was one of many topics the politicians touched on during a “very good phone call” between the pair, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
“He congratulated me on a very successful Republican National Convention and becoming the Republican nominee for President of the United States,” Trump, 78, wrote.
“He condemned the heinous assassination attempt last Saturday and remarked about the American people coming together in the spirit of Unity during these times.”
Trump noted that the conversation could bode for a good relationship to come before confidently insinuating that he could end the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine if he wins the White House in November.
“I appreciate President Zelenskyy for reaching out because I, as your next President of the United States, will bring peace to the world and end the war that has cost so many lives and devastated countless innocent families.
“Both sides will be able to come together and negotiate a deal that ends the violence and paves a path forward to prosperity,” Trump wrote.
The former president has repeatedly blamed President Biden, 81, for Russia’s war against Ukraine — and Israel’s conflict with Hamas after the terror group’s Oct. 7 attack.
“I will end every single international crisis that the current administration has created — including the horrible war with Russia and Ukraine — which would have never happened if I were president — and the war caused by the attack on Israel — which would have never happened if I were president,” Trump said his keynote address at the Republican National Convention Thursday.
He boasted in the record-breaking speech that he was “the first president in modern times to start no new wars.”
Zelensky confirmed the Friday call, saying that they mapped out a future meeting to discuss “what steps can make peace fair and truly lasting.”
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“Ukraine will always be grateful to the United States for its help in strengthening our ability to resist Russian terror,” the Ukrainian president said on X.
The call comes almost five years to the day of another between the pair that triggered Trump’s first impeachment — the then-president allegedly used nearly $400 million in military aid as a bargaining chip to pressure him to launch investigations into then-Vice President Biden and Ukraine’s role in the 2016 US election.
Zelensky and Trump had a rocky relationship during Trump’s presidency, with both throwing jabs at the other.
The ex-commander in chief once mocked Zelensky as the “greatest salesman ever” for accepting billions of dollars in military aid from the US amid its ongoing war with Russia.
In turn, Zelensky has slammed Trump for his relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, saying earlier this week that he couldn’t understand why Trump has declined to state whether he supports Ukraine or Russia.
“Putin killed all the values which we defend today,” Zelensky said, adding: “That’s why I can’t understand how Donald Trump can be on the side of Putin. So, for me, it’s something unbelievable.”
“So if Donald Trump doesn’t know whom he will support, Ukraine or Russia, I think that he will have challenges with his society, because to support Russia, it means be against Americans,” Zelensky told CNN Monday.