One of the publication’s interlocutors, a diplomat from Europe, called the meeting between Trump and Zelensky “disorderly.”
According to him, the US President “kept talking” about “his grievances” related to the fact that Trump did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
The source described the latest communication between the presidents of the United States and Ukraine to journalists as “not as catastrophic” as at the beginning of the year, but Zelensky still “left disappointed.” According to the diplomat, Trump is changing his rhetoric, but not his policy, which is to “force Ukraine to stop the war.”
The Washington Post notes that Trump’s communication with Zelensky was “greatly influenced” by what happened the day before telephone conversation with illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin, after whom Trump announced their upcoming meeting in Budapest.
Context
Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize more than once, but has not yet received it. Axios wrote that the US president has been “obsessed” with winning the Nobel Peace Prize for years. Trump has publicly stated that he is not seeking to receive it, but it would be a “great insult” for the United States if he did not receive the award.
Experts interviewed by Reuters predicted that Trump would go without a prize this year because he is destroying the international world order.
On October 8, Zelensky promised that if Trump gave Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv, Ukraine would nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
On October 10, the Nobel Committee awarded the 2025 Peace Prize to Venezuelan democracy leader Maria Corina Machado for her “tireless work promoting the democratic rights of the people of Venezuela and fighting for a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
The White House said the Nobel committee was guided by policies that were “more important than peace.” Trump himself announced that he was simply We didn’t have time to nominate.
