Zelenskyy Touts ‘Productive Conversation’ With President-Elect Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he has had a “productive conversation” with President-elect Donald Trump, amid concerns Trump’s return to the White House would usher in a drop in U.S. support for Kyiv in its ongoing war with Russia. “Yesterday, I spoke with President Trump, as many of you did. It was a productive conversation, a good conversation,” Zelenskyy said in a speech before the European Political Community Summit in Budapest, Hungary, on Nov. 7. During his 2024 presidential campaign trail, Trump repeatedly indicated he would move to quickly negotiate an end to the Russia–Ukraine war. He also raised the issue of how much the United States had committed to Ukraine compared to Zelenskyy’s other Western backers....