Zelensky Asked Point Blank If He'll Hold Ukraine Elections During Oval Office Meeting With Trump

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office with President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was asked if he'll hold elections.

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00:00Are you open to holding an election in your country?

00:03Yes, of course. We are open for an election, yes.

00:06We have to do safety in circumstances.

00:09And a little bit, we need to work in the parliament,

00:13because during the war you can't have elections.

00:15But we can do security.

00:19We need, maybe, how to say it, we need a truth.

00:22Yes.

00:23Everywhere, on the battlefield, in the sky, in the sea,

00:25yeah, to make possible for people to do democratic, open, legal, legal elections.

00:33So you say during the war you can't have elections.

00:37So let me just say three and a half years from now,

00:40so you mean if we happen to be in a war with somebody,

00:44no more elections.

00:46Oh, that's good.

00:47I wonder what the fake news is.

00:50No, no, no.