Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has quickly learned that things have changed now that Joe Biden is gone and his act is wearing thin with the new leader of the free world who is rapidly tiring of a man who has been falsely portrayed as a savior of democracy.
President Donald J. Trump again criticized the former comedian over his insults and the refusal to cooperate in bringing an end to the bloody war with neighboring Russia that has decimated parts of his country and resulted in the deaths of countless Ukrainian men who have been killed during the three-year conflict.
“I’ve been watching this man for years now as his cities get demolished, as his people get killed, as his soldiers get decimated,” Trump told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, saying that he’s “had it” with Zelenskyy whom he recently described as a “dictator” for his authoritarian style of leadership and refusal to hold elections.
BREAKING: TRUMP SCORCHES ZELENSKY
“I’ve seen him negotiating with no cards… you get sick of it. You just get sick of it. I’ve had it. He then made a deal with us for rare earth minerals… then, they couldn’t get the deal done. We wasted time.”pic.twitter.com/DQ9UjAqY4q
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 21, 2025
Trump unloaded on the high-maintenance Ukrainian on Friday’s edition of the “The Brian Kilmeade Show,” telling the host that Zelenskyy has “no cards” to use as leverage in a peace deal with Russia that would bring an end to the carnage.
“I’ve been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards, and you get sick of it,” Trump continued. “You just get sick of it, and I’ve had it.”
Angry at not being included in initial talks between the U.S. and Russia that took place this week in Saudi Arabia, Zelenskyy canceled his own trip to the Kingdom and complained to reporters in Turkey that “nobody decides anything behind our back.”
“I get tired of listening to it,” Trump said of Zelenskyy. “I’ve seen it enough, and then he complains that he’s not at a meeting that we’re having with Saudi Arabia trying to intermediate peace. Well, he’s been at meetings for three years with a… president who didn’t know what the hell he was doing. He’s been at the meetings for three years and nothing got done, so I don’t think he’s very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you. He’s been there for three years. He makes it very hard to make deals.”
Trump also blamed the bloody and costly war on his predecessor’s refusal to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Joe Biden is a very dumb man who was dumber than ever before,” Trump told Kilmeade. “He had no idea what he was doing, and everything he said was wrong. And I said, you know what… I think he’s going to cause a war. And that’s what happened… Putin could have been talked out of that so easy, but they didn’t know how to talk… but [Biden] said all the wrong things — and I’m not trying to make Putin like nicer or better — I’m just telling you the fact that war should have never happened. Putin would have never gone in.”
“They only want to talk because of me,” Trump added, noting that diplomacy has been restored now that Biden, Antony Blinken and the gang are gone. “If I wasn’t involved, they wouldn’t be talking to each other, and Russia would continue to… go through Ukraine… They’ve taken a lot of land, and Russia would continue the march through Ukraine. If it wasn’t for me, they wouldn’t be talking at all. I’m the only reason they’re talking.”
“I’ve been watching this go on for years, and I’m doing it for one reason,” Trump said. “I hate the killing. I hate to see those young people killed. They’re not Americans. They’re Russians and Ukrainians. I hate to see the killing.”
Trump is facing fierce resistance to end the war from the media and other bad actors, most of whom are reluctant to see their money laundering Mecca shut down, especially Zelenskyy.
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