Fast forward almost six years — to a pivotal moment for his war-torn country’s future — Zelenskyy seems to have forgotten the first rule in dealing with Trump: Flattery is the coin of the realm — and perceived insults, especially in public, will quickly get you kicked to the curb.

Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Dubinsky has demanded the impeachment of President Volodymyr Zelensky following what he called a "diplomatic failure" during a tense meeting with US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the White House on Friday.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman told former CNN host Jim Acosta Monday that President Donald Trump should resign following

Zelenskyy was anxious to have a meeting with Donald Trump at the White House. In a 30-minute phone call the same year, Trump offered the possibility of a face-to-face meeting but with a condition.

Trump doesn’t care about down the road. He wants to be able to claim he achieved peace in the short term. If Putin invades Ukraine again on Jan. 20, 2029, that’s not his problem. In fact, he might even like it: He could point to it as more evidence that Putin would never invade the country while Trump was president.

Trump wants us out of NATO and forbids Ukraine’s from joining it. He wants Ukraine to accept Russia’s claim to illegally seized land. Trump is parroting nearly word for word the demands the Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin. He is destroying the United States’ relationship with European allies, content to side with America’s worst enemy.

The first time Donald Trump spoke to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he tried to pressure Ukraine’s new leader to dig up dirt on Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 election

President Donald Trump's verbal assault on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as ungrateful and misguided not only immediately undercut the deal on rare minerals that was ready for their signature in the East Room. It also puts at risk U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. It could imperil Zelenskyy's political future.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was still open to a mineral deal after a clash with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Many have pointed out that the US President seems to harbour a personal dislike for Zelenskyy. Trump and Zelenskyy do have a history going back at least five years, when Zelenskyy did not do something Trump wanted him to.

In one of his first conversations with President Donald Trump — yes, the “perfect phone call” that would later trigger impeachment proceedings — Zelenskyy claimed he wanted to “drain the ...