US news website Axios exclusively reported on the 8th that US President-elect Trump andUkrainePresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy was on the phone for 25 minutes, and Tesla’s supportive CEO, Elon Musk, was also on the line.
People familiar with the matter said that Zelensky took a positive view of the quick phone call between the two, and Trump’s words reassured Zelensky; right after Zelensky congratulated him, Trump said he would support Ukraine.
Axios said that Musk also stated that he would continue to support Ukraine through his company’s Starlink product satellite network.
Public Broadcasting Television (PBS) and political news Politico reported that Ukrainian officials confirmed the call between Trump and Zelensky During the process, Trump also asked Zelensky if he wanted to have a word with Musk and then he spoke with Musk for several minutes, Zelensky thanked Musk for the Starlink, and then Musk handed the phone back to Trump, allowing Trump and Zelensky to continue talking.
Axios said the call highlighted Musk’s influence in Trump’s second term and also reflected uncertainty over Trump’s handling of the Ukraine issue.
During the election campaign, Trump not only promised that it would be over within 24 hoursThe Russian-Ukrainian Waralso against the continued military support of the United States to Ukraine, making Ukraine and countries that support Ukraine nervous; Axios reported that before Trump came to power, the Biden administration was working hard to provide as much aid as possible to Ukraine.
Axios said sources were reporting that private talks between Trump’s team and Zelensky’s team over the past two months, including the Trump-Zero call on the 6th, brought some relief to Ukraine.
According to the report, Zelensky saw being on the phone with Trump so soon as a positive sign, and the call was in a good mood and did not increase Zelensky’s concern about Trump’s influence, and it did not on Zelensky to feel despair.
However, people familiar with the situation told Axios that Trump and Zelensky did not discuss how Trump intended to end the war between Russia and Ukraine or how the United States would help United Ukraine in the future.
RussiaPresident Vladimir Putin congratulated Trump on his election on the 7th, saying that Russia is ready to cooperate with any president elected by the American people, and that he himself is ready to communicate with Trump however, the two haven’t spoken on the phone that long, Moscow said.
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2024-11-08 23:38:00
