Trump vows to call Putin and Zelensky on election night to start peace negotiations: I dont have to wait till Jan. 20
LAS VEGAS – Former President Donald Trump told rally-goers in the swing state of Nevada Thursday that if elected, he will call Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on election night in an effort to end the war in Ukraine.“I’m going to work on that from the day, hopefully the day that we win, which is Nov.
5th, in the evening,” Trump said.“On the evening of Nov.
5th, I will call Putin.I will call Zelensky,” the Republican nominee for president continued.
“I’ll say, ‘We got to stop it.’”“I’m going to try and get it done as president-elect,” Trump vowed. “That’ll give me plenty of credibility,” he added.“I don’t have to wait until Jan.
20th [Inauguration Day].I’m going to try and get it done sooner than that.” Trump, 78, has long claimed that he could negotiate an end to the conflict in one day.The 45th president met with Zelensky at Trump Tower in Manhattan last month and touted his “very good relationship” with the Ukrainian leader.
Trump has also supposedly been in touch with Putin, reportedly having “as many as seven” phone calls with the Russian president since he left the White House less than four years ago, according to journalist Bob Woodward.“Sadly, zero chance that Putin would have gone into Ukraine if I were president,” Trump said Thursday night.
“Zero chance.What a shame that is.” Thousands arrived four hours ahead of Trump’s speech at the famed Thomas & Mack Center on the University of Nevada — Las Vegas campus for the rally, which was hosted by the Turning Point political action committee.
The pre-show program featured a range of Hawaiian and Asian-American/Pacific Islander performers, representing a share of the Nevada population that both campaigns have tried to court.Polynesian singers, Maori Hakka and Tongan and Samoan dancers drew cheers from the crowd, as did Samoan dancers.Former race car driver Danica Patrick, mixed martial artist J...