United States President Donald Trump has escalated his feud with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling the Ukrainian president a “dictator without elections”.In a lengthy and scathing post on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, Trump also accused Zelenskyy of taking US money and embroiling the country in an endless conflict.
“Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn’t be won, that never had to start,” Trump, a former reality TV star, wrote.
The US president continued by insinuating that Zelenskyy had ulterior motives for wanting Ukraine to continue fighting for its territory.
“Zelenskyy probably wants to keep the ‘gravy train’ going,” Trump said, using an idiom that suggests the Ukraine is receiving easy money.
The social media post marked Trump’s most barbed rhetoric yet towards the Ukrainian president, a US ally, as he seeks to repel a full-scale Russian invasion that began in February 2022. Advertisement
But Trump’s overall posture has become increasingly hostile towards Zelenskyy, as he and his government draw closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Already, European allies have responded with outrage over Trump’s latest remarks, saying his comments are detrimental to the peace process.
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