Live updates: Trump says he now believes Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia

[ificandream]

Source: Associated Press

Edited By BRIDGET BROWN, BERNARD MCGHEE and CURTIS YEE
Updated 12:26 PM PDT, September 23, 2025

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia, a dramatic shift from the U.S. leader’s call on Kyiv to make concessions.

Trump offered his position in a social media posting soon after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

Trump in part wrote, “I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form. With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original Borders from where this War started, is very much an option.”

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[walkingman]

1. The man drives me crazy....imagine what Europe thinks.

[Aviation Pro]

2. Z has the Epstein files!

Why else would the fucking pedophile be making nice with him?

[Lucky Luciano]

21. Didn't they make a rare earth minerals deal? I'm sure that is the driver.

[Justice matters.]

25. I think he may have told him that, if he changes course and supports

Ukraine's winning back all it's original territories against the invader, terrorist, kidnapper Russia, he already has the commitment from all European leaders (except Orban) that they will recommend the Nobel committee to award him a Nobel Peace Prize. (Doesn't garantee he will get it.)

That's the only reason I can imagine and speculate it is. Z told him siding with a war criminal like Putin will never ever award him any Nobel prize

[KPN]

31. LOL. He's between a rock and a hard place ...

Putin has the Epstein files too!

[Raven123]

3. Just wait until the sun goes down. That will change

[democratsruletheday]

13. exactly Raven.....

tomorrow he'll be back kissing Pooty's ass. Fucking rancid ass wipe that he is.

[AdamGG]

20. It's part of the gaslighting n/t

[Deep State Witch]

4. He didn't write that

It's in complete sentences.

[electric_blue68]

15. And No CAPITAL Letters.

[Bayard]

5. Boy, he really is upset with Vlad

Notice he says, with the financial support of EUROPE. But no--he didn't write that. It makes sense.

[BootinUp]

6. Trumps arm is pinned but he is still squealing . Nt

[SergeStorms]

7. TACO......

that is, until Vlad showers King Kon's ego with compliments and/or money. Then Donnie will firmly affix his lips to Vlad's anus once again.

[wiggs]

8. ...which means that he heard from european leaders that they are pushing against Russia even harder, and

backing Ukraine even harder. He sees the writing on the wall. He will jump in and claim credit, if this resolves.

TSF has no principles (except one).

[wiggs]

9. Think MSM will put together a case history of the times TSF has created chaos, demonstrated ignorance, changed

course, or spouted undemocratic nonsense?

No...they will treat his statement as deserving of analysis and consideration of what it might mean, and have a panelist on who says the move is consistent with what he has said all along and that it reflects commitment to an ally and that it shows he stands heads and shoulders above all the leaders of the world.

And a rebuttal will just reinforce that there are two worthy sides to the Ukraine issue.

[samsingh]

10. it changes back and forth

but maybe Ukraine can get weapons from the US through NATO to become secure

[twodogsbarking]

11. Huh?

[ananda]

12. OK, who wrote that?

It certainly wasn't Trump...

way too literate, mature,
and positive.

[Miguelito Loveless]

14. Apparently the dementia

has made the Orange Regime forget the kompromat.

[twodogsbarking]

16. Is this before or after he ascends Mt. Everest?

[somsai]

17. Tankies are going crazy

They thought the pp tapes good enough.

[republianmushroom]

18. This will PO the puppets master.

[mdbl]

19. He's a dangerous psycopath with no common sense

Thanks Magats for putting someone like that in charge of our lives - assholes.

[Aussie105]

22. Trump thought it was just him and Putin against Zelenskyy . . .

Trump hadn't figured other European nations might have something to say.

Trump then figured he'd back off - typical TACO!

[MissouriDem47]

23. TACO

The man that knows nothing about everything.

[DallasNE]

24. Less Here Than Meets The Eye

It looks to me like America is setting this one out, leaving everything up to Europe. No talk of supplying arms or logistical assistance. No additional sanctions on Russia. Not much to see here. Just some baby steps in tone that Trump could back away from the next time he speaks.

[usonian]

26. IMO, It all has to do with videos of him doing despicable things. Epstein Files? Putin Files? Both? He's desperate.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20669297

I believe that if those videos are released, he'll be torn limb from limb.
Something that BOTH SIDES would gleefully do.

His actions since 2016 or before match that scenario perfectly.

The battle is escalating. The "Summit" did not resolve it. Putin raised the price.
And (may have) had a goon fire a warning shot.
to convey a message

This is crazy dangerous.

[raccoon]

27. Changeable as a weathercock, he is.

How could any international big shots rely on anything he says?

How could any international big shots anyone rely on anything he says?

[niyad]

28. I notice there is nothing about American support.

[Botany]

29. "The original borders from where they were before the war began" means Russia gets Crimea and other

… Ukrainian territories too including parts of eastern Ukraine that have some of Ukraine’s rare earth
strategic minerals. Trump is saying that the borders should be the “new ones” created in 2014 after
Russia took over Crimea and other parts of Ukraine. This is Trump telling Ukraine to surrender some of
its lands and people to Russia. Crimea should go back to its rightful owners the Crimean Tatars.

[Emile]

30. Fascist Demitted Old Nincompoop