If nothing else, he could try threatening Zelensky with something he fears the most: free elections.
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled WH: Trilateral meeting with Zelensky still possible, Telepathic Intruder wrote: If nothing else, he could try threatening Zelensky with something he fears the most: free elections.
I think that's part of Zelensky's motivation. He declared martial law and on that basis, suspended elections. If the peace agreement goes through, no more martial law and no excuse to suspend elections any longer.
President Trump said (paraphrasing), "You hear 'Save the Ukraine!' and then you look. What's left of it? There are entire cities without a single standing building. That's a 110 year reconstruction effort."
Even cities not flattened were damaged by electrical 'switching attacks' wherein the electrical infrastructure was damaged, as was anything plugged into it, from commercial equipment, medical equipment etc. right down to cell phones.
So elections resume and the citizens are unhappy about forcible conscription of men, the true death toll, flattened cities, electrically dead infrastructure etc. Zelensky has mansions to flee to, along with cash skimmed from USAID. Lots of cash. I don't think his people let him stay. I'm guessing CIA/Intel types have been protecting him this far. Supposedly, General Zalusny (sp) is a likely replacement, and he has no love for Zelensky.
Zelensky and NATO exclaim that no peace agreement will work without him at the meeting, but Trump is withdrawing military aid, and can withdraw humanitarian aid if they want to hold their breath and stamp their feat.