I don’t know how else to interpret this tweet by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He got bad advice from Democrats before meeting with President Trump and Vice President Vance, unfortunately tried to score points in the press through that meeting, lost the opportunity to sign the mineral development agreement, and now realizes his mistake:
I would like to reiterate Ukraine’s commitment to peace.
None of us wants an endless war. Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than Ukrainians. My team and I stand ready to work under…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 4, 2025
Please read it all. Key points:
None of us wants an endless war. Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. … My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts.
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We do really value how much America has done to help Ukraine maintain its sovereignty and independence. And we remember the moment when things changed when President Trump provided Ukraine with Javelins. We are grateful for this.Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be. It is regrettable that it happened this way. It is time to make things right. We would like future cooperation and communication to be constructive.
And finally:
Regarding the agreement on minerals and security, Ukraine is ready to sign it in any time and in any convenient format.
So Zelensky obviously realizes his mistake, and I surmise that he now understands what bad advice the Democratic Senators gave him. But the broader point is this: President Trump will do something bold, or out of the box, and the Democrats and the commentariat will go crazy. It’s a disaster! Trump has made a horrible blunder! The world will never be the same! But if you give it a few days to let the dust settle, it turns out that there was no disaster, no fiasco, and things are proceeding just fine.
We have a ways to go before peace can be declared in Ukraine, but the effort seems to be back on the right track.
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