“I’m not going to make security guarantees beyond very much - we’re going to have Europe do that because we’re talking about Europe [who] is their next door neighbour,” Mr Trump said.
Donald Trump has claimed the European Union was invented to “screw” the US during a meeting in which he made clear that Europe would be responsible for Ukraine’s security after a peace settlement.
Mr Trump also discussed a future peace settlement in Ukraine after Washington and Kyiv made a step towards repairing broken relations with a minerals deal agreed yesterday.
Mr Trump confirmed on Tuesday that Mr Zelensky would come to Washington on Friday to sign a “very big deal”.
Asked about the possibility of the US providing security guarantees in the event of a peace settlement between Kyiv and Moscow, the president made clear that responsibility would lie with Europe, not the US.