Former President Donald Trump declined an invite to Ukraine from President Volodymyr Zelensky to witness the scale of the Eastern European nation’s ongoing conflict with Russia.
Zelenksky extended the invitation to Trump during an interview with NBC on Sunday to make good on the former president’s vow of settling its war with Russia in “24 hours” — a repeated claim that Trump said would happen if he takes back the White House in 2024.
But Trump declined the offer in a statement to Newsmax.
“I have great respect for President Zelenskyy, but think it would be inappropriate to go to Ukraine at this time,” Trump wrote in …