The world has been holding its breath for a breakthrough in the war between Russia and Ukraine — and this weekend, all eyes turned to Alaska as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin sat down face-to-face.

Many expected some kind of peace deal to come out of the meeting. Instead? Nothing.

Made his stance clear

Now, Trump is turning his attention to Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy —and their meeting in Washington is already setting the stage for fireworks.

For context: the last time Zelenskyy, Trump, and Vice President JD Vance crossed paths on U.S. soil, it was chaos. Sharp words were exchanged, and the two leaders left on very bad terms.

But today (August 18), Trump and Zelenskyy are back in the same city — this time with peace, NATO, and the future of Ukraine hanging in the balance.

And Trump didn’t wait for the meeting to make his stance clear. Posting on Truth Social, he declared:

”President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight. Remember how it started. No getting back Obama given Crimea (12 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE. Some things never change!!!”

Zelenskyy’s response