‘Dictator’: Trump blasts Zelenskyy amid negotiations over Ukraine war
Al Jazeera
On social media and in a speech, Trump accused Zelenskyy of profiting from the US ‘gravy train’ and avoiding elections.
United States President Donald Trump has escalated his feud with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling the Ukrainian president a “dictator without elections” and accusing him of wanting to keep the “gravy train” of US military support going while Washington tries to end the war with Russia.
In a lengthy and scathing post on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, Trump accused Zelenskyy of taking US money and embroiling the country in an endless conflict.
Trump later doubled down on those comments, telling an audience at an investment summit in Miami that Zelenskyy had “done a terrible job, his country is shattered, and millions and millions of people have unnecessarily died”.
Trump, a former reality TV star, also attacked the Ukrainian leader personally on social media.
“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 wrote.
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