The US President has been accused of siding with Russia.
17:17, Thu, Mar 5, 2026 Updated: 17:34, Thu, Mar 5, 2026
Trump and Putin (Image: Getty)
Donald Trump has slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and praised Vladimir Putin as he discussed the Ukraine-Russia war.
The US President told POLITICO the United States would help choose Iran’s next leader, predicted the downfall of the Cuban regime, and attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the tech giant Anthropic.
Mr Trump is facing criticism at home due to the war on Iran, but he dismissed worries about the impact of the conflict on gas prices and U.S. ammunition reserves, and he insisted that the military onslaught was popular with voters, POLITICO added.
Zelensky and Trump during a meeting at the White House. (Image: Getty)
He told the media outlet “people are loving what’s happening,” adding he predicted that Iran’s government would not be the last and that “Cuba’s going to fall, too.”
“We cut off all oil, all money, or we cut off everything coming in from Venezuela, which was the sole source. And they want to make a deal,” he also said. Mr Trump also confirmed to POLITICO the United States are in touch with Cuba’s communist leadership as instability on the island intensifies following the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, which put pressure on Cuba as it cut off the Venezuelan oil supplies needed in Havana.
Talking about Iran, POLITICO quoted Mr Trump saying: “We’ll work with the people and the regime to make sure that somebody gets there that can nicely build Iran but without nuclear weapons.”
Asked about Ukraine, Mr Trump he's expecting President Zelensky "to get a deal done” while adding “I think Putin is ready to make a deal”. Back in December, President Trump said he had a "good and very productive telephone call" with Vladimir Putin minutes before Ukraine meeting with Mr Zelensky.
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Mr Zelensky said the 20-point draft proposal negotiators discussed at the time was “about 90% ready” after peace talks included a focus on security guarantees and territorial issues in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
The Ukrainian leader, however, continued to resist Russian demands that Ukraine gives up two of its eastern regions, Luhansk and Donetsk, while Russia appeared likely to object to a role for Nato forces in monitoring a ceasefire, which European leaders including Sir Keir and French President Emmanuel Macron have said must form part of any deal.
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