WASHINGTON, March 4. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump and his team continue to believe that the Ukrainian conflict could end soon and want to push Vladimir Zelensky to tone down his rhetoric to start the negotiation process, Politico reported, citing a White House official.

"You won’t get [Russian President Vladimir] Putin to the table if you call him names," he said.

On February 28, Zelensky arrived at the White House for a meeting with US President Donald Trump. During the conversation in the presence of journalists, an argument broke out between them, during which Trump pointed out Zelensky’s disrespectful attitude towards the United States, and US Vice President JD Vance emphasized Zelensky’s ungratefulness to Washington for the support provided to Kiev. The press conference following their meeting was canceled, and the signing of a US-Ukraine mineral deal did not take place.