It was a strikingly different tone than Trump took last spring when the president called Zelensky “A dictator without elections” who “better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left.” This time, however, Trump acknowledged the death and destruction Ukraine has undergone at the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He’s very brave and his people are very brave,” Trump said to reporters gathered at the entrance to the president’s private club. Trump has been criticized for claiming Zelensky started the war, “despite Russia invading Ukraine first in 2014, five years before Zelensky won the presidency, and then launching a full-scale invasion in 2022,” according to the BBC.
Author: Jennifer Bowers Bahney
Published at: 2025-12-28 20:01:22
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