‘He’s no angel’: Trump shamelessly insults another world leader as they fight an ongoing war
Ukraine has been fighting for its life for three years, and Donald Trump believes they should have given up one day.
In an interview with Sean HannityTrump told the Fox News host that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a mistake by resisting the Russian invasion force. “Zelensky was fighting a much larger entity, much bigger, much stronger,” Trump said. “He didn’t have to do that, because we could have reached an agreement.”
Trump has talked about his ability to do so The art of the deal Peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine since before he became president. During his election campaign, Trump declared that he could have ended the war between the two countries “24 hours” He promised to do so on his first day in office. This clearly did not happen, but Trump and his allies likely knew it would be the case. As Election Day approached, Trump quietly backed away from his claim, and his special envoy to Ukraine admitted it was getting closer. “100 days” For the president to broker a deal.
According to President Trump himself, “100 days” is still too early. When asked at a recent press conference whether the war between Russia and Ukraine would end by 2026, the president replied, “You have to ask Russia.”
While Trump himself does not appear to have a plan to end the conflict, he is keen to blame others for its continuation. In his interview with Sean Hannity, President Take screenshots At Zelensky, saying the Ukrainian president is “no angel” because he “allowed” the Russian invasion to happen. Trump was reluctant to criticize the real culprit behind the war because he “loves” Russia, but he finally admitted that Vladimir Putin “should not have done that.”
Trump’s lukewarm criticism of Putin contrasts with his previous praise of the Russian president. When Putin first ordered the invasion of Ukraine, Trump He said He described the move as “genius” and “smart” and continued to praise the Russian president, describing him as a “peacemaker.” Trump ate his words in his interview with Hannity, telling the host that the conflict was his own fault More than a million victims.
Trump went on to make Rare threat against Putin, saying he would impose “huge tariffs and huge taxes” on Russia. When Hannity asked him if he had spoken to Putin, Trump replied, “I don’t want to say.”
Russia is not concerned with Trump’s threats. “We don’t see any particular new elements here.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the press. The Russian government has not been a fan of Trump’s foreign policy for some time. When Trump first bragged that he could end the war within 24 hours, it was the Russian ambassador to the UN who did it. quickly to shoot him down He said, “The Ukrainian crisis cannot be resolved in one day.”
Trump has often used the conflict to attack his domestic enemies as well. in Interview from the Oval OfficeTrump criticized the Biden administration’s response to the war, saying it would never have happened if Trump himself had been in power. Trump told reporters: “If you had a competent president, which you don’t have, the war would not have broken out.” Trump went on to repeat a half-decade-old lie that the 2020 election was “rigged” and that he was denied the opportunity to end the war because of corruption in the voting process. While Trump talks about what he wants He could What he did to stop the conflict, he does not say much about how to do it now. Instead, he continues to do what he does best: blame everyone.
