Zelensky Tells Trump That Ukraine Faces a Fork in the Road: Join NATO or Go Nuclear

‘What way out do we have?’ the wartime leader tells the 45th president. ‘Either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons, which for us will be a defense, or we’ll need to have some sort of alliance.’

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President Trump meets with President Zelensky at Trump Tower, September 27, 2024, at New York. AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

Ukraine joins the North Atlantic Treaty. Or Ukraine goes nuclear. That’s the choice President Zelensky gave Donald Trump at their meeting last month at New York.

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