From Trump calls Ukraine’s Zelensky ‘a dictator’ as relations deteriorate
US President Donald Trump calls Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator without elections,” stepping up his attacks as tensions soar between Kyiv and Washington.
“A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left,” Trump writes on his Truth Social platform of the Ukrainian leader, whose five-year term expired last year. Ukrainian law does not require elections during wartime.
( @realDonaldTrump – Truth Social Post )
( Donald J. Trump – Feb 19, 2025, 10:47 AM ET )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… pic.twitter.com/MIHpjNZWqe
— Donald J. Trump ???????? TRUTH POSTS (@TruthTrumpPosts) February 19, 2025
“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, but a War that he, without the U.S. and “TRUMP,” will never be able to settle,” Trump writes.
“I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible job, his Country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died – And so it continues…”
Earlier, Zelensky said Trump was living in a Russian “disinformation” bubble, responding to scathing comments by the US president about Zelensky’s popularity rating.
The Ukrainian leader also accused Washington of helping end Russian President Vladimir Putin’s international isolation, and said he wanted security guarantees from Kyiv’s allies that could enable the war to end this year.
“Unfortunately, President Trump, for whom we have great respect as leader of the American people… lives in this disinformation space,” Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv, accusing Moscow of misleading Trump.
