BONUS EPISODE: Zelenskyy survives the Oval Office... but has anything really changed?

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In a tone entirely different from Zelenksyy’s last visit to Washington in February, this evening saw Trump praising the Ukrainian president. Zelenksyy was on the charm offensive. And it seemed to work. Trump bestowed his other European guests with compliments and promised that America would play a key part in the security guarantees if there is a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

It was in some ways a remarkable event, with European leaders sat around the roundtable kissing the ring of President Trump. But will it amount to anything? Can the US really guarantee the security of Ukraine? Will it? And where does this leave peace talks now?

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0:00.0	The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.
0:09.1	This is a global player original podcast.
0:12.5	Your team has talked about security guarantees. Could that involve US troops? Would you roll that out in the future?
0:18.2	We'll let you know that maybe later today. We're meeting with seven great leaders of great countries also,
0:24.6	and we'll be talking about that.
0:26.6	They'll all be involved, but there'll be a lot of help.
0:29.6	When it comes to security, there's going to be a lot of help.
0:32.6	It's going to be good.
0:34.6	They are first line of defense because they're there. They're Europe.
0:39.4	But we're going to help them out also. We'll be involved.
0:42.0	We will be involved. Donald Trump confirming that the United States is going to play a part
0:50.0	in the security guarantees if there is a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.
0:56.4	The NATO Secretary General called that hugely significant.
1:00.7	But was it?
1:01.7	At the roundtable meeting, the remarkable sight of European leader after European leader,
1:07.9	kissing the ring, complimenting Trump on everything that he's done in his
1:12.6	first term and for Ukraine.
1:14.6	They were at pains to talk up what Trump had said about security guarantees, but had he
1:21.1	promised anything really.
1:23.1	In reality, despite all the pomp and the splendor, was anything really achieved tonight?
1:29.6	Are we any further forward? Welcome to the newsagents.
1:37.4	The news agents. It's John. It's Lewis. And the temptation is to use as your benchmark what happened in February between
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