Zelensky Rushes to Congratulate Trump, Plugs Victory Plan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Along with the Victory plan message to Trump this morning, Zelensky reminded the President Elect that Ukraine relies "on continued strong bipartisan support" from the U.S., and said he was "looking forward to personally congratulating President Trump and discussing ways to strengthen Ukraine's strategic partnership with the United States.
52% : The rush to embrace Trump and make a wishful statement -- which has long been a Ukrainian diplomatic tactic, with mixed success -- comes after Trump has repeatedly made clear the sprawling Ukraine war would rapidly end in peace if he won the election.
46% : "Contrary to his make-nice congratulatory message today, President Zelensky has issued some surprisingly bitter rebukes to Trump this year, decrying any attempt to bring peace to Ukraine that amounts to anything less than total victory by Kyiv's standards.
41% : "You look at the heritage of the country -- the cities are mostly knocked down," Trump said, describing Ukraine.
27% : As reported of his conversation with Breitbart News in August:Trump said he knows Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and believes he can negotiate peace to end the "death" and "destruction" if elected again on Nov. 5."I know both heads of the countries," Trump said.
16% : As reported in June, Zelensky had said if Trump tried to bring a negotiated peace, that would make him a "loser president" and said "Ukrainians would not put up with that".

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