During an interview with Newsmax, Trump illustrated a deal regarding Ukraine with a popular joke in Russia.
"In Russia, they like to tell this joke. An American, a Russian, and a Ukrainian walk into a bar. The bartender asks the American what he wants, right? The American asks for a whiskey, and the bartender pours it for him. The Russian asks for vodka, you know, Russians drink vodka. The bartender pours him vodka. That's it. The bartender doesn't ask the Ukrainian what he wants. That's what they call 'forgetting to ask the khokhol.' That's what we're going to do with Zelensky. We're not going to ask him. We're going to make this deal without him."@Slavyangrad