Trump meets with Zelensky in New York, says Ukraine-Russia war to be 'resolved very quickly' with presidential win

Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday morning in New York to discuss steps in the Ukraine-Russia war. Zelensky said that he wanted to meet with "both candidates" after he met with Kamala Harris earlier this week. The GOP nominee told reporters that the meeting would be productive and that if he wins in November, the war will be over quickly.

Reporters asked both Trump and Zelensky about the meeting and Trump said that if he wins the presidency the war will be over "very quickly."

Reporters asked them both why they decided to meet together, to which Zelensky responded that it is important to "share plans" about the war and what will happen in the country. The Ukrainian leader added that in order to have the strength of the United States after November, he "decided to meet with both candidates."

Zelensky said that he wanted Ukraine to prevail in the war. When reporters asked Trump about his view of the meeting, he said, that the US will "work very much with both parties" of Ukraine and Russia in order to get the war settled.

Trump added, when asked by reporters, "If we win, I think we're going to get it resolved very quickly."

The GOP nominee spoke about his past interactions with Zelensky, adding that the Ukrainian president had helped him out when the Democrats came after Trump with an impeachment over his call with Zelensky. "He said, 'President Trump did nothing wrong,'" the GOP nominee said, recalling Zelensky backing him up over the impeachment attempt.

"We're going to have a good meeting today," Trump added. "I think the fact that we're even together today is a very good sign, and hopefully we'll have a good victory, because if the other side wins, I don't think you're gonna have victories with anything, to be honest with you."