<div class="cs-entry__header cs-entry__header-simple cs-video-wrap"> <div class="cs-entry__header-inner"> <div class="cs-entry__header-info"> <h1 class="cs-entry__title"><span>Reality check: Trump says Zelenskyy was asleep during Treasury Secretary Bessent’s visit</span></h1><div class="cs-entry__post-meta"><div class="cs-meta-author"><a class="cs-meta-author-inner url fn n" href="https://euromaidanpress.com/author/lesiadubenko/" title="View all posts by Lesia Dubenko"><span class="cs-photo"></span><span class="cs-by">by</span><span class="cs-author">Lesia Dubenko</span></a></div><div class="cs-meta-date">20/02/2025</div><div class="cs-meta-reading-time"><span class="cs-meta-icon"><i class="cs-icon cs-icon-clock"></i></span>1 minute read</div></div> </div> </div> </div> <a href="https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/02/20/reality-check-trump-says-zelenskyy-was-asleep-during-treasury-secretary-bessents-visit/">Reality check: Trump says Zelenskyy was asleep during Treasury Secretary Bessent’s visit</a> <div class="cs-entry__wrap"> <div class="cs-entry__container"> <div class="cs-entry__content-wrap"> <div class="entry-content"> <p>He was awake.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="100%" height="auto" src="https://euromaidanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/u-s-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-meeting-with-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-in-kyiv.JPG.avif" alt="" class="wp-image-323017" style="max-width: 100%" srcset="https://euromaidanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/u-s-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-meeting-with-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-in-kyiv.JPG.avif 780w, https://euromaidanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/u-s-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-meeting-with-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-in-kyiv.JPG-300x169.avif 300w, https://euromaidanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/u-s-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-meeting-with-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-in-kyiv.JPG-380x214.avif 380w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, left and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy&nbsp;(Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)</figcaption></figure>
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Trump made another outrageous claim about Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy{ai:summary}<p>Donald Trump claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was asleep during U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's visit. However, reports confirm that Zelenskyy was awake during the meeting.</p><p>This assertion comes amid ongoing tensions in the region, with Ukraine facing challenges from Russian aggression. #foreignaffairs</p>

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Reality check: Trump says Zelenskyy was asleep during Treasury Secretary Bessent’s visit

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