The King, key to Trump’s change of stance on Ukraine
Zelensky’s top aide says the monarch’s contribution before the U.S. president’s shift was “very important.”
The King played a crucial role in persuading Donald Trump that Ukraine could win the war against Russia.
Private conversations with the monarch during the recent State Visit were “very important,” Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff told The Telegraph.
This week, the U.S. president declared that Ukraine was now in a position to regain all of its territory occupied by Russian forces — a sharp shift from his earlier insistence that Ukraine should cede land to end the war.
His change of position came after a meeting with Zelensky at the United Nations this week.
Asked if the Ukrainian delegation had changed its opinion of Trump, Andriy Yermak praised the efforts of the King and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
“I would like to mention that it was a great visit of President Trump to the United Kingdom, and I know the position of His Majesty, the position of Prime Minister Starmer, and the people with whom President Trump met… it was very important,” Yermak said.
Diplomatic sources suggested it was no coincidence that Trump’s shift occurred soon after his talks with the King.
It is believed the monarch raised Ukraine in private meetings with Trump during the State Visit.
The King welcomed the Trumps to Windsor Castle, shared lunch and dinner with them, and spent a full day of activities together. In his State Banquet speech, he mentioned Ukraine by name once — in a tone known for its political charge.
Addressing the president, he said: “Our countries have the closest defense, security, and intelligence relationship ever known. In two world wars, we fought together to defeat the forces of tyranny. Today, as tyranny once again threatens Europe, we and our allies stand united in support of Ukraine to deter aggression and secure peace.”
Zelensky likely used his meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to request shipments of Tomahawk missiles — weapons that could pressure Moscow.
Sources said the Ukrainian president told his U.S. counterpart that the advanced weapons system could help bring Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table for a peace deal.
It remains uncertain if Trump will agree to the request, though Zelensky suggested he was open to the proposal in an interview with Axios.
Yermak said: “I can say that some weapons very important for Ukraine, to defend and to continue fighting — we probably heard for the first time a very open and positive position that we had never heard before. This is great progress.”
The King has been a firm supporter of Ukraine’s resistance against Russia’s invasion. In March, he hosted Zelensky at Sandringham for tea just days after the Ukrainian leader’s tense meeting with Trump and JD Vance at the White House.
Yermak also highlighted a visit by Jonathan Powell, Britain’s national security adviser, who met soldiers on the frontline in Kharkiv before the State Visit.
“I am sure they had the opportunity to use this information and impressions during their talks with our American friends,” he said.
Trump, an Anglophile and admirer of royalty, delighted in the King’s hospitality, calling Charles “a very, very special man” in his speech during the dinner.
Diplomatic sources said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European counterparts that Trump’s change of tone on Ukraine should be seen “as positively as possible.”
Rubio also conveyed that Trump was “really angry” with Putin for ignoring his attempts to end the three-and-a-half-year war.
“I believe Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and to RECOVER all of Ukraine in its original form,” Trump wrote on social media after sitting with Zelensky.
He added: “With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original borders from where this war began are largely an option.”
A White House official told The Telegraph that if Putin were smart, “he would urgently seek a deal to end the war that has caused significant damage to Russia’s reputation.”
“As the President said, the war has not gone well for Russia, whose economy is in ruins and which continues to lose thousands of lives to gain ‘virtually no land,’” they said.
“If they were smart, they would urgently seek an agreement to end the war that has caused such significant harm to Russia’s reputation, stop the killings, and put their country back on the right track. President Putin has repeatedly rejected generous proposals toward peace that would have benefited Russia.”
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