The Oslo meeting has been dismissed as a bluff by well-known American journalist and author Susan Glasser. She said Donald Trump is trying to force Volodymyr Zelenskyy to give in on Vladimir Putin’s terms. The accusation frames the encounter as an exercise in political pressure, with the proposed terms rather than Ukraine’s interests driving the discussion. For Zelenskyy, the meeting tests whether Ukraine’s position can withstand pressure from Washington. Accepting Putin’s terms would mean conceding the central demands behind Russia’s full-scale invasion, leaving Kyiv with far less room to defend its sovereignty. The report casts the meeting as a confrontation over who controls the terms of any settlement. Glasser’s comments reflect a sharply critical view of Trump’s diplomacy and its consequences for Ukraine.