President Trump has launched a new attack on Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski, calling him a “dictator” and said he has done “terrible work”.
His last Salvo came after Zelenski responded to US-Russia negotiations in Saudi Arabia, from which Kiev was expelled, said the US president “lives in a misinformation space”, managed by Moscow.
“Zelenski is better moving fast or it will not remain a country,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social publication.
“Dictator” SLUR quickly provoked criticism from European leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who said it is just wrong and dangerous to give up President Zelenski for his democratic legitimacy. “
German Foreign Minister Analen Baerbok called the comments “absurd”.
“If you look at the real world and not just shoot a tweet, then you know who in Europe should live in a dictatorship: people in Russia, people in Belarus,” she told Broadcaster ZDF.
Swedish Prime Minister Wolf Kristerson also criticized the use of Trump from the word “dictator”, saying Zelenski was chosen democratically, comments that have echoed by the leader of the United Kingdom opposition Kemi Badenoch.
Zelenski's five -year term was due to end in May 2024. However, Ukraine has been in martial law since Russia launched its full -scale invasion in February 2022 and the elections have been terminated.
A White House employee said Trump's last post was directly responding to to Zelenski's “misinformation” comments.
“I love Ukraine,” Trump writes, “But Zelenski did a terrible job, his country is broken and millions have been dead.” In the meantime, the US “has been successfully negotiating to end the war with Russia,” he said.
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseni Yatseyuk told the BBC that Russia “pops up with champagne right now” in response to Trump's comments.
“Voladimir Zelenski is a completely legitimate president,” he said. “We cannot hold an election in martial law.”
The War of Words started with comments made by Trump on Tuesday at a press conference in Mar-A-Lago in Florida when he accuses Ukraine of the warS
Trump was asked by BBC News what is his message to Ukrainians who may feel betrayed, to which he replied: “I hear they are upset, they have no place, they have had room for three years and a long time time Before that.
“You should never start it. You could make a deal,” Trump added.
Trump did not mention that President Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine in February 2022.
Then on Wednesday, Zelenski told reporters in Kiev: “We see a lot of misinformation and comes from Russia. With all his respect to President Donald Trump as a leader … He lives in this misinformation space.”
He added that he believed that “the United States has been helping Putin break out for years of isolation.”
Zelenski also rejected Trump's attempts to access Ukraine's rare minerals, saying that no security guarantees were offered in return.
Trump tried to make a problem with Zelenski's popularity, claiming that the Ukrainian president had only a 4% approval assessment. But the BBC checks reports that the poll conducted this month found 57% of Ukrainians said they trust the presidentS
In the social post of explosive truth on Wednesday, Trump also strives for Europe, saying that the war in Ukraine is “far more important to Europe than to us.”
“We have a big, beautiful ocean as a separation,” he said.
Europe “failed to bring peace” to the region, he added.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is also talking to reporters, saying he will meet Trump with pleasure.
For its part, the EU said it would put additional sanctions against Russia.
The new sanctions are aimed at Russian aluminum and dozens of ships suspected of illegally transporting oil. They would also exclude more Russian banks from the global SWIFT payment system and ban more Russian media from broadcasting in Europe.