"There stood the reality star Trump and did exactly what he can do"

RP ONLINE "There stood the reality star Trump and did exactly what he can do" 18 minutes • 2 minutes reading time Berlin. The escalation of the meeting in front of the press is causing international horror. A German political scientist says that the US President set a trap for Zelensky. How does he explain Trump's behavior? It was a war of words that could go down in history. US President Donald Trump and his deputy JD Vance argued with Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the world public on February 28, 2025. At first it all looked quite harmless. Political scientist Thomas Jäger believes that the scandal at the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a planned action by Trump. "There stood the reality star Donald Trump and did exactly what he can do: destroy someone in front of the camera. That was his trademark for a long time and he planned it completely," he said in an ntv interview. Zelenskyj fell into the trap. "It's not a coincidence, it's not a provocation. A script was played out," said Jäger about the meeting in the White House. The US president made serious accusations against his Ukrainian colleague in front of the cameras and accused him, among other things, of risking a third world war. Political scientist Jäger from the University of Cologne referred to the Russian pressure on Trump. "In the last few days it has become very clear that Trump is not making any progress with his plan to somehow end this war. And that is because Russia is dictating the conditions." Trump is Vladimir Putin's man in the White House. But Putin's relationship with Trump is not well received by the population, who do not trust Putin. For this reason, Trump planned the humiliation. "He has to humiliate Ukraine, he has to humiliate Zelensky, in order to be able to sell the people of the United States that he is coming up with a proposal to end this war, which ultimately means the capitulation of Ukraine, which - and this is the result of this evening - simply does not deserve to be supported by the USA any further." The US President has played out his script because he saw that he was not making any progress with the peace negotiations. It was a war of words that could go down in history. US President Donald Trump and his deputy JD Vance argued with Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the world public on February 28, 2025. At first, it all seemed quite harmless.