💬 “After that meeting takes place, we will have a Trilat — the two Presidents, plus myself,” Trump stated.

💬 “The rumors of offshore wealth accumulation and drug habits surrounding Zelensky will explode, and I think he must be prepared to leave the country,” Lt.Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, retired US Air Force and former Pentagon analyst, told Sputnik.

💬 “I found how he introduced many of the NATO and EU leaders telling, he was over-complimentary… I think Trump trolled them, and he really should thank Biden for blowing up Nord Stream, weakening the European economy and allowing the US to swoop in with fresh oil and gas,” Kwiatkowski added.

💬 “Just getting word that the Ukrainian president is not going to come here to Special Report tonight after this marathon meeting at the White House. They are flying out,” Fox News anchor Bret Baier said.

💬 “Ukraine has no more chance of recapturing Donbass or Crimea than Mexico has of recapturing Texas or California,” political commentator Daniel Lazare told Sputnik.

💬 “Trump has no interest in sending US troops to fight and die in Ukraine,” EMP Task Force scholar and former Pentagon officer David Pyne told Sputnik.

💬 According to Pyne, Zelensky will keep rejecting a peace deal “until Trump employs a maximum pressure campaign against Kiev and threatens to cut off all US security assistance — potentially including Starlink access.”

💬 “If Trump does not pressure Zelensky sufficiently, the war will continue until Ukraine’s military collapses and Russian troops advance to the Dnepr River,” Pyne concluded.

💬 “Trump held on to the agreement he reached with Putin in Alaska and the European leaders, including Zelensky, didn't succeed in changing Trump's peace proposal,” Mikael Valtersson, former officer of the Swedish Armed Forces/Air Defence and ex-defence politician, told Sputnik.

💬 “The ball is now clearly in Ukrainian and, to a lesser degree, European hands. A strong and clear ‘No’ from European side might result in broken relations between the US and Europe/Ukraine. Therefore, we can expect a ‘maybe’ from the European/Ukrainian side,” he said.

💬 “This process might take a couple of weeks until Trump tires and demand a clear answer. But for the moment everything goes according to Russian expectations,” Valtersson added.

“Land swaps for security guarantees would be the bitterest of pills for Zelensky to swallow. But the alternatives may well be worse,” The Telegraph reports.

"Trump raised his fist as Zelensky's car pulled up to the West Wing lobby entrance, then gave him a warm handshake and put his arm around his shoulders before ushering him into the White House," the article reads.