Trump’s inner circle believes best option for Zelensky is to leave for France — newspaper

NEW YORK, February 21. /TASS/. People in US President Donald Trump’s inner circle believe that the best option for Vladimir Zelensky is to leave Ukraine for France, the New York Post reports.
"The best case for [Zelensky] and the world is that he leaves to France immediately," the paper writes, citing a source close to Trump. Another source familiar with White House discussions noted that there was "nothing new" in tensions between the US and Ukraine.
A White House official told the newspaper that "like the Pope, I’m no fan of someone who bans churches," referring to Zelensky’s ban on the Russian Orthodox Church.
Relations between the United States and Ukraine have sharply deteriorated in the past few days. Trump called Zelensky a dictator and accused him of disrupting a deal on rare-earth elements. Zelensky, in turn, claimed that Trump was a victim of disinformation.