{"id":2439800,"date":"2025-05-28T09:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-says-trump-was-ready-to-slap-russia-with-sanctions-after-vatican-meeting\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T09:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:33:56","slug":"zelensky-says-trump-was-ready-to-slap-russia-with-sanctions-after-vatican-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-says-trump-was-ready-to-slap-russia-with-sanctions-after-vatican-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky says Trump was ready to slap Russia with sanctions after Vatican meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelensky-says-trump-was-ready-to-slap-russia-with-sanctions-after-vatican-meeting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2439800&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed confidence that former President Donald Trump was prepared to enforce sanctions against Russia following their meeting at the vatican last month. Zelensky noted that Trump had been critical of Ukraine&#8217;s negotiation approach but shifted his frustration towards Russia, particularly in light of ongoing aggression. During a recent briefing, Zelensky reported that Trump indicated strong support for sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin did not agree to a ceasefire. following their April 26 meeting,both leaders characterized their dialogue positively,despite ongoing hostility from Russia. Trump has since reaffirmed his willingness to consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-leaks-info-about-israel-the-obama-biden-administration-was-infamous-for-that\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Leaks Info About Israel. The Obama-Biden Administration Was Infamous For That.\">additional sanctions<\/a> in response to Russia&#8217;s military actions, expressing dissatisfaction with Putin&#8217;s continued strikes on Ukraine. Meanwhile, Zelensky is actively seeking further military support from European allies amid rising tensions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Zelensky says Trump was ready to slap Russia with sanctions after Vatican meeting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2132836\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Volodymyr Zelensky\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-key-points-from-trump-campaign-press-conference-on-challenges-to-election-results\/\" title=\"9 Key Points from ... Campaign Press Conference on Challenges to Election Results\">believed<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> was ready to impose sanctions on Russia after the two <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >world leaders met<\/a> at the Vatican last month, according to remarks released Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had been critical of Ukraine&rsquo;s unwillingness to make concessions in negotiating an end to the war with Russia, but in recent weeks, more of his frustration has been directed at Russia. Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president said that after his talk with Trump at Pope Francis&rsquo;s funeral in April, he believed the U.S. president would impose sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin did not agree to a ceasefire in the conflict.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3422541\/israel-gaza-600-days-october-7-where-things-stand\/\">Where things stand 600 days after Oct. 7 on Israel, Gaza, Iran, and more<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3423554\/israel-launches-air-strike-on-houthi-controlled-airport-in-yemen\/\">Israel launches air strike on Houthi-controlled airport in Yemen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3422899\/ukraine-braces-russia-summer-offensive-escalations-peace-talks-impasse\/\">Ukraine braces for massive summer escalations as Russia peace talks hit an impasse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump supported that if Russia does not stop, there will be sanctions,&rdquo; Zelensky said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/05\/28\/zelensky-trump-ukraine-russia-war-sanctions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according to\">according to<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. &ldquo;Our conversation was positive from the point of view that I perceive our conversation as a confirmation of the U.S. policy of imposing strong sanctions against Russia if Putin does not agree to a ceasefire.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Both sides characterized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3392482\/trump-biden-zelensky-pope-francis-funeral-takeaways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"meeting\">meeting<\/a> on April 26 as positive. Since then, Trump has spoken with Zelensky and Putin over the phone. Russia has not agreed to a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>As Trump&rsquo;s frustration mounts, he has opened the door to putting additional sanctions on Russia. 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He&rsquo;s playing with fire!&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky traveled to Germany on Wednesday to meet with the country&rsquo;s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, as the Ukrainian president seeks to secure more arms and support from European allies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2132836\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2132836\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelensky claims Trump was poised to sanction Russia post-Vatican meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2439801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ukraine-president-zelensky-may-2025-germany.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4280,5036,3634,54181,8630],"class_list":["post-2439800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-russia","tag-sanctions","tag-trump","tag-vatican-meeting","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ukraine-president-zelensky-may-2025-germany.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2439800"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439804,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439800\/revisions\/2439804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2439801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2439800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2439800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2439800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}