{"id":2519243,"date":"2025-12-09T13:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cranks-up-the-pressure-on-defiant-zelenskyy-says-he-must-start-accepting-things\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:29:05","slug":"trump-cranks-up-the-pressure-on-defiant-zelenskyy-says-he-must-start-accepting-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cranks-up-the-pressure-on-defiant-zelenskyy-says-he-must-start-accepting-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Cranks Up the Pressure on Defiant Zelenskyy, Says He Must &#8216;Start Accepting Things&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Ftrump-cranks-up-the-pressure-on-defiant-zelenskyy-says-he-must-start-accepting-things%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=2519243&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> former President Donald TrumpS recent comments on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, which is approaching its fourth year. Trump suggested that ending the conflict may require Ukraine to accept Russia&#8217;s control over some territorial gains in eastern Ukraine, a stance Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy firmly rejects. trump praised the bravery of the Ukrainian people and military but emphasized the overwhelming size of the Russian forces. He has proposed a peace plan, which Russia welcomed, but Ukraine and its allies consider it too concessive. Trump pressured Zelenskyy to start accepting terms to end the war, while Zelenskyy reiterated that Ukraine will not surrender its land, citing legal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/herschel-walker-and-others-say-no-to-slavery-reparations\/\" title=\"Herschel Walker And Others Say No To Slavery Reparations\">moral reasons<\/a>. Trump also criticized previous U.S.administrations for failing to prevent the conflict, stating the war would not have occurred if he were president.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>With Russia&rsquo;s war against Ukaine approaching its fourth year, President Donald Trump had some harsh words Monday for Ukraine&rsquo;s defiant president.<\/p>\n<p>Painful as it might be, ending the war will likely mean accepting that the Russian military won&rsquo;t be dislodged from the territorial gains it&rsquo;s made in eastern Ukraine, Trump said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a proposition that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected the same day.<\/p>\n<p>In his interview with the Beltway news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/12\/09\/donald-trump-full-interview-transcript-00681693?nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nname=playbook&amp;nrid=00000164-8fc0-d4a7-a5fc-9fce06f00000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>, Trump pointed out that Russia&rsquo;s military had seized huge swaths of its neighbor&rsquo;s land, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >military vastly superior<\/a> in size.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I give Ukraine a lot of &hellip; a lot of &hellip; I give the people of Ukraine and the military of Ukraine tremendous credit for the, you know, bravery and for the fighting and all of that,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But you know, at some point, size will win, generally. And this is a massive size, uh &hellip; you &hellip; when you take a look at the numbers, I mean, the numbers are just crazy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump: &ldquo;[Zelensky&rsquo;s] gonna have to get on the ball and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-hes-watched-boat-strike-video-floats-further-action\/\" title=\"Trump says he&#039;s watched boat strike video, floats further action\">start <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-funding-pushes-the-worlds-poor-brown-people-to-kill-their-own-kids\/\" title=\"U.S. funding encourages impoverished individuals to harm their own children.\">accepting things<\/a><\/a>. You know, when you&rsquo;re losing&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Q: &ldquo;Do you think Ukraine has lost this war?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump: &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve lost territory long before I got here&hellip;They lost a whole strip of sea front, big sea front.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LQu9SaRNkb\">pic.twitter.com\/LQu9SaRNkb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Republicans for Ukraine (@GOP4Ukraine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOP4Ukraine\/status\/1998407481043673122?\">December 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-admin-negotiators-make-high-stakes-visit-russia-successful-ukraine-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">presented a peace plan<\/a> to try to end the worst fighting in Europe since World War II. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-putin-says-trumps-thanksgiving-day-peace-proposal-finally-end-war-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well-received by Russia<\/a>, but Ukraine and its supporters argued it was giving too much away.<\/p>\n<p>When his Politico interviewer asked if Trump had a deadline for Zelenskyy to accept his proposals, Trump was both cagey and blunt at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>While dodging a definite answer, he indicated Zelenskyy was on the clock &mdash; tacitly cranking up pressure on a leader he&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-latest-trump-meet-zelenskyy-ukraine-seeks-end-russian-aggression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sparred with more openly<\/a> in the past.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, he&rsquo;s gonna have to get on the ball and start, uh, accepting things,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;You know, when you&rsquo;re losing, &rsquo;cause he&rsquo;s losing &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Zelenkyy, however, appears to have all but closed the door on any territorial concessions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited London, calling for unity between Europe, Ukraine and the US in negotiations to end Russia&rsquo;s war in Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KiiYROPFYl\">https:\/\/t.co\/KiiYROPFYl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ffm1xVOPI\">pic.twitter.com\/6ffm1xVOPI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1998120400778400179?\">December 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters Monday after meeting in London with leaders from Britain, France, and Germany, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/12\/08\/europe-ukraine-leaders-trump-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>, Zelenskyy said he was in no position to surrender his country&rsquo;s land.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under our laws, under international law &mdash; and under moral law &mdash; we have no right to give anything away,&rdquo; he said, according to the report. &ldquo;That is what we are fighting for.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his Politico interview, Trump reiterated his commitment to ending the fighting that started during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/worse-obamas-red-line-biden-gives-putin-green-light-invade-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s administration<\/a>. And he reminded his interviewer that Biden wasn&rsquo;t the only Democrat at fault.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, then-President Barack Obama stood by as Putin seized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-slams-obama-legacy-after-reporter-pushes-him-on-crimea-at-g7-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian province of Crimea<\/a> by force, and later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/modern-world\/russia-s-annexation-of-crimea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annexed it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, and you know when this conflict really began, though?&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;It was simmering for years, but, uh, when Obama gave up Crimea, that was a big thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And the present fighting should have been prevented, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not a war that should&rsquo;ve happened. This is a war that would&rsquo;ve never happened if I were president,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;So sad. Millions of people are dead. 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