EBN- US President Donald Trump described Volodymyr Zelensky as a “dictator”, saying that the latter “dragged the United States into an unwinnable war.
Think about it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky, talked the United States into spending $350 billion to get into an unwinnable war that should never have started, but a war that, without the United States and Trump, he will never be able to settle,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
Trump added: “The United States spent $200 billion more than Europe, and Europe’s money is guaranteed, while the United States will get nothing. Why didn’t Sleepy Joe Biden demand equality, in that this war is more important to Europe than it is to us – we have a big, beautiful ocean as a buffer.”
“On top of that, Zelensky admits that half of the money we sent him is ‘missing’. He refuses to hold elections, his popularity is very low in Ukrainian polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing Biden ‘like a fiddle’. A dictator without elections, Zelensky better act fast or he will have no country left,” the US president added.
“Meanwhile, we are successfully negotiating an end to the war with Russia, something everyone recognizes only Trump and the Trump Administration can do. Biden never tried, Europe failed to make peace, and Zelensky probably wants to keep the ‘easy money’. I love Ukraine, but Zelensky has done a terrible job, his country is broken, millions have died needlessly – and so it goes,” Trump continued.
Trump confirmed that Zelensky is an incompetent president with low popularity, adding: “Holding elections in Ukraine is not something that came from Russia.. It comes from me and many countries.”
Putin to return to negotiation
For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed today, Wednesday, that the dialogue between Russia and the United States does not need mediators, noting that Europe has no basis to evaluate the Riyadh meeting negatively.
Putin explained that he was informed that the meeting between representatives of Russia and the United States in Riyadh was friendly, noting that the goal of the discussion was to restore trust between Moscow and Washington.
The Russian President also stressed that Moscow is ready to return to the negotiating table to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, noting that Russia has never refused to negotiate.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Russian-American talks hosted by the Saudi capital concluded, with the Russian delegation represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov, and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev, while the American side was represented by National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump Mike Waltz, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
Sergey Lavrov revealed that Russia and the United States agreed during bilateral talks on the need not to provoke any confrontations between the two countries , indicating that the two countries agreed to formulate the Ukrainian settlement process soon.
Kirill Dmitriev, who participated in the talks, also noted that the dialogue was positive and fruitful, and was characterised by mutual respect and equality.
The US State Department announced that Ministers Lavrov and Rubio agreed during the talks to form two teams to negotiate on Ukraine.
Rubio also pointed out that Washington and Moscow agreed to resume the work of the two countries’ embassies with their full staff.
