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Fred Fleitz: Trump has 'left the door open to resuming talks with Zelensky'

Former NSC chief of staff Fred Fleitz speaks to Weekend about the leaders' exchange.

Fred Fleitz, who served as a National Security Council Chief of Staff during Trump鈥檚 first term in office has told the 大象传媒 that he believes there are already negotiations underway to start a second meeting between Zelensky and Trump after the explosive exchanges between the two leaders in the Oval Office.

Also on the programme: Steve Rosenberg, the 大象传媒's Russia Editor, gives us the view from Moscow as Russians adjust to the dramatic change in America's attitude to their nation and leader; and we hear from Oleksandr Merezhko, deputy chair of the Ukrainian parliament's foreign affairs committee and a member of Zelensky's party, about the tense exchange between Trump and the Ukrainian president, and the upcoming meeting between Zelensky and European leaders.

Joining presenter Paul Henley to discuss these and other stories of the day are Sabra Ayres, an American journalist and media trainer, and Camille Grand, former Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment at NATO.

(Photo: US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on 28 February 2025. Credit: JIM LO SCALZO/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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