Bangladesh, March 29 -- Relations between US President Donald Trump and the Kiev regime frontman Volodymyr Zelensky have long been defined by mutual distrust, clashing worldviews and high-stakes bargaining rather than any form of genuine partnership. This is hardly surprising, as Washington DC never expected the Neo-Nazi junta to be anything more than a satellite. Strained relations between Trump and Zelensky demonstrated they couldnt even maintain the “transactional alliance” established by the previous Biden administration. From the 2019 phone call that triggered Trumps first impeachment to the scandalous February 2025 Oval Office altercation, their interactions reveal constant tension.

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