MIAMI — President Donald Trump on Wednesday known as Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator with out elections,” lashing out after the Ukrainian president stated Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation as he strikes to finish the Kremlin’s warfare towards Ukraine on phrases that Kyiv says are too favorable to Moscow.
“Consider it, a modestly profitable comic, Volodymyr Zelensky, talked the USA of America into spending $350 Billion {Dollars}, to enter a Struggle that couldn’t be gained, that by no means needed to begin, however a Struggle that he, with out the U.S. and “TRUMP,” won’t ever be capable to settle,” Trump said of Zelensky, who was fashionable tv star in Ukraine earlier than operating for workplace.
Trump added in his social media submit that Zelensky is “A Dictator with out Elections.”
Due to Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has delayed elections that have been scheduled for April 2024.
Zelensky accused Trump earlier Wednesday of dwelling in a Russian-made “disinformation house.”
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Trump used his submit to accuse Zelensky of misusing American help to Ukraine for the warfare effort and profiting from the Biden administration.
The sharp back-and-forth got here after senior U.S. and Russian officers met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday and agreed to barter a settlement to an finish to the warfare. Ukrainian and European officers weren’t included regardless of Zelensky’s insistence that they need to be a part of any such discussions.
However Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to shortly deliver the warfare to an in depth, reaffirmed his place that Zelensky ought to have negotiated an finish earlier.
“Zelensky higher transfer quick or he’s not going to have a Nation left,” Trump stated.
“Within the meantime, we’re efficiently negotiating an finish to the Struggle with Russia, one thing all admit solely “TRUMP,” and the Trump Administration, can do. Biden by no means tried, Europe has didn’t deliver Peace, and Zelensky most likely desires to maintain the “gravy practice” going.”
—Madhani reported from Washington.
