The media learned about Bessent's call not to let Zelensky into the White House in 2025.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant initially opposed a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky at the beginning of last year, which ended in a scandal. This was reported by The Guardian newspaper on June 20.

"Bessant advised Donald Trump not to receive Vladimir Zelensky in the Oval Office, calling the president of Ukraine a "little bastard," a "child with special needs," and "Mr. Bean on drugs," the publication says.

According to the newspaper, Bessent said that the Ukrainian leader is being cunning, and for Europeans he looks like a "child with special needs."

It is clarified that the assumption that a representative of the American authorities described the world leader in this way is contained in an upcoming book by The New York Times (NYT) journalists about the study of Trump's second term, "Regime Change."

Field of failure: Europe is stymying the dialogue on the US peace plan

Zelensky requested additional weapons from Eurotroika and announced an alternative negotiating initiative.

During the meeting between Trump and Zelensky in the Oval Office on February 28, 2025, a verbal altercation took place. The US president accused the Ukrainian leader of disrespecting Washington. According to him, the head of the Kiev regime is "playing with the third world war" and is not ready to resolve the conflict.