Trump updates: US president says Zelenskyy negotiating with ‘no cards’
By Al JazeeraPublished 2025-02-21 08:46Updated 2025-02-21 17:00Source: Al Jazeera
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on the day Howard Lutnick is sworn in on February 21 [Nathan Howard/Reuters]
In a radio interview with Fox News, US President Donald Trump has said his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy has “no cards” to play to end the war in Ukraine.
US envoy Keith Kellogg nevertheless has praised Zelenskyy as a “embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war”, offering a stark departure from Trump’s harsh rhetoric.
In a radio interview with Fox News, US President Donald Trump has said his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy has “no cards” to play to end the war in Ukraine.
US envoy Keith Kellogg nevertheless has praised Zelenskyy as a “embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war”, offering a stark departure from Trump’s harsh rhetoric.
In a meeting with state governors, Trump once again pledged to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and clashed with Maine’s governor over transgender rights.
Trump loyalist Kash Patel has been sworn in as the new director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), pledging that any “deviation” from his high standards would “not be tolerated”.
