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Trump says meetings with Zelensky and Netanyahu were positive

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President Donald Trump said late on Tuesday his meetings with Ukrainian ​President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were positive.

Here ‌are details and quotes:

  • Netanyahu and Zelenskiy were in Washington to attend a memorial service for Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican who died earlier this ​month and was an influential advocate for Israel and Ukraine.
  • In separate ​short posts on Truth Social, Trump said he discussed ⁠various topics with them, without giving specifics.
  • "Had a very good ​meeting! Obviously, many important subjects were discussed," Trump wrote on meeting ​Netanyahu.
  • Trump voiced irritation with Netanyahu ahead of the meeting, complaining that details of Netanyahu's planned talking points on Iran had surfaced publicly.
  • The U.S. and ​Israel attacked Iran on February 28. Tehran responded with its own ​strikes on Israel and Gulf states that host U.S. bases.
  • U.S.-Israeli strikes on ‌Iran ⁠and Israeli attacks on Lebanon have since killed thousands and displaced millions.
  • The meeting also came as the Gaza ceasefire has been repeatedly violated since it began in October.
  • Nearly 1,200 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed ​in Israeli attacks ​since then, according ⁠to Gaza health officials. Israel says four of its soldiers have been killed by militants ​during that period.
  • Netanyahu described the meeting as "excellent."
  • Zelenskiy also ​met Trump ⁠and they discussed plans for Ukraine to produce Patriot missile interceptors and reviving peace talks with Russia, which launched a full-scale ⁠invasion of ​Ukraine in February 2022.
  • "Many things were ​discussed. The meeting went very well," Trump wrote. Zelenskiy also cast it as ​a "good meeting."

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