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From 'the greatest salesman' to 'very honorable': Trump changes tack on Ukraine's president

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Trump said in an interview with X owner Elon Musk on Monday that "there's nobody that feels worse about the Ukraine situation than I do" The Republican presidential nominee also described Zelenskyy as "very honorable" in his handling of a phone call that led to Trump 's first impeachment in 2019 .

Trump 's ambivalence about continuing support for Ukraine has come into sharp focus in recent months .

"I, as your next President of the United States , will bring peace to the world," Trump says.

"Both sides will be able to come together and negotiate a deal that ends the violence and paves a path forward to prosperity," he says.

Trump has so far not said how he would end the war between Russia and Ukraine .