Donald Trump’s comments that Ukraine should have ‘never started’ the war with Russia has sparked massive backlash.
Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky quickly clapped back at Trump, saying he lives in a ‘disinformation space.’
But the backlash isn’t deterring Trump or his Cabinet leaders who are charging forward with a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.
The president will attend a Saudi-backed investment conference in Miami later today before heading back to Washington, D.C.
His controversial pick to lead the Labor Department former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer has a highly-anticipated Senate confirmation hearing today.
Sparks are expected to fly between her and some Republican members of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
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Trump savages Zelensky and green lights Europe putting peacekeeping troops in Ukraine
President Donald Trump tore into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after U.S. negotiators opened talks with Russia without him that are meant to find a way to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Trump blamed Zelensky for failing to head off the war inside his country, and the president said he himself was behind a push to require Ukraine to hold new elections before any peace plan can go through.
‘You have leadership now that’s allowed a war to go on that should have never even happened, even without the United States,’ Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida Tuesday – even as he said ‘I like him personally’ when speaking about Zelensky.
‘You should have ended it – three years, you should have never started it,’ he said, appearing to blame Zelensky for Russia’s 2022 invasion.
Zelensky condemns Trump: Ukraine leader says he's in a 'disinformation bubble'
Volodymyr Zelensky has blasted the United States for ‘helping’ Vladimir Putin ‘to come out of isolation’, warning that Donald Trump ‘is living in a disinformation space’ created by Moscow.
The Ukrainian President declared that his country is not for sale, disputing Trump’s claims that the US has given Ukraine $500billion and calling the suggestion that Kyiv pay this back with a mineral exploration deal ‘not a serious conversation.’
‘Look, we all want a victory, and we want Trump to win, and we want Ukraine to win, all of us to succeed,’ he said. ‘But there is nothing clear here… I am protecting Ukraine. I can’t sell it away. I can’t sell our state.’
