US hinting that Ukraine may need a new leader

President Donald Trump's chief adviser said on Sunday that the United States needs a Ukrainian leader who is ready to secure lasting peace with Russia, but it is unclear whether Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski is ready to do so.

Days after a heated exchange of replicas in the oval office between Trump, Zelenski and Vice President Jay Di Vance, the White House National Security Advisor Mike Walz said that Washington wants to provide a constant peace between Moscow and Kiev, which includes territorial discounts in exchange for security guarantees, led by Europe.

Asked if Trump wants Zelenski to resign, Walz said in the program « The Status of the Union » to CNN: « We need a leader who can work with us, eventually deal with the Russians and put an end to this war. »

« If it becomes obvious that President Zelenski's personal motives or political motives differ from the termination of fighting in his country, then I think we have a real problem in our hands, » Walz added.

The chairman of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson also suggested that a different leader in Ukraine may be needed if Zelenski did not comply with the US demands.

« Something has to change. Or he must come to himself and return to the table in gratitude, or someone else has to lead the country to do so, » said the best Republican in the Congress of the Meet The Press of the BBC.

An extraordinary conversation in the Oval Cabinet on Friday has published the tension between Zelenski and Trump publicly. As a result of this agreement between Ukraine and the United States to jointly develop the natural resources of Ukraine, unsigned and unknown fate remained. « It was not clear to us if President Zelensky was ready to negotiate and in good faith for the end of this war, » Walz said.

In the BBC « this week » program, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he had not been talking to Zelenski on Friday. Rubio also said he had not spoken with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiha since Trump and Zelenski were confronted with the White House and failed to sign the expected deal for the minerals. « We will be ready to engage again when they are ready to make peace, » Rubio said.

American senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat, said in « This Week » that he was « horrified » by the collision in the oval office and that she met with Zelenski before he went to the White House on Friday and he was excited about the opportunity to sign an expected deal for the minerals.