Earlier this week, Donald Trump ranted against Volodymyr Zelenskyy for refusing to ever recognize Crimea as Russian.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

‘Crimea will stay with Russia,’ Trump tells Time – POLITICO

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KYIV — Crimea went to the Russians in 2014 and it will remain with Russia, U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with Time magazine published on Friday.

“Crimea will stay with Russia,” Trump told the magazine, adding that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “understands that.”

“Everybody understands that it’s been with them for a long time. It’s been with them long before Trump came along,” the U.S. president said.