Trump’s Team Is Holding Secret Talks with the Ukrainian Opposition, the U.S. Has Soured on Zelenskyy

President Zelenskyy is in trouble—even the Leftist crime syndicate in the U.S. is calling for new elections in Ukraine—at a moment when Trump officials have issued comments strongly hinting they prefer to see new leadership in Kiev.

This from thelibertydaily.com.

For example, Maine communist/globalist Rep. Jared Golden has this week urged Zelenskyy to “call and win a new election” to “strengthen his hand” in negotiating a peace agreement to end the war. Golden said in the earlier Tuesday statement that Zelenskyy must “show the world he has the mandate” from the Ukrainian people.

And a new bombshell report was issued Thursday saying Trump’s team is actually engaging members of the Ukrainian opposition in secret—toward efforts in support of potential political transition in Kiev.

From Politico:

Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.

Further:

The senior Trump allies held talks with Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a remorselessly ambitious former prime minister, and senior members of the party of Petro Poroshenko, Zelenskyy’s immediate predecessor as president, according to three Ukrainian parliamentarians and a U.S. Republican foreign policy expert.

Tymoshenko has confirmed her team is talking “with all our allies who can help in securing a just peace as soon as possible.”

This is massive and will without doubt see relations spiral further, at least until Zelenskyy comes to the U.S. administration with hat in hand. The White House wants a formal apology. But it seems the opportunity to willingly sign Trump’s controversial mineral deal has come and gone.

As for the content of these secret Trump admin and Ukrainian opposition meetings, Politico revealed:

The discussions centered on whether Ukraine could hold quick presidential elections. These are being delayed in line with the country’s constitution because Ukraine remains under martial law. Critics of holding elections say they could be chaotic and play into Russia’s hands, with so many potential voters serving on the front lines or living abroad as refugees.

Further:

The Trump aides are confident Zelenskyy would lose any vote due to war fatigue and public frustration over rampant corruption.

And:

Indeed, his poll ratings have been in decline for years, although they have picked up in the wake of last week’s Oval Office brawl, when the Ukrainian leader was shown the door after being berated by President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The most recent poll shows Zelenskyy still comfortably ahead in the race for the presidency.

Zelenskyy’s declining popularity is something the mainstream media has remained silent on for at least the last year or so. There also remains significant domestic opposition to conscription policies which have seen recruiters taking harsh measures, in some cases forcibly rounding up young men on the streets to eventually send them to the front lines.

As for another potential rival for power, who might seriously challenge Zelenskyy, Politico has highlighted the following:

His nearest rival, trailing him by more than 20 percentage points, is Valery Zaluzhny, a former army commander who is now Ukraine’s ambassador to Britain. Only 10 percent backed Poroshenko, who is known as the Chocolate King due to his confectionary empire. Tymoshenko garnered just 5.7 percent support.

In Washington, perhaps highest official to have come closest to actually calling for a change in leadership in Kiev is U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who told CNN last Sunday in remarks that hinted strongly at political transition soon:

[I]t’s unclear whether President Zelenskyy, particularly after what we saw on Friday, is ready to transition Ukraine to an end to this war, and to negotiate and have to compromise.

Further:

[W]e need a leader that can deal with us, eventually deal with the Russians, and end this war.