Donald Trump leaned into his individual fight with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday.
The United States president took a seat for an interview with Fox News and responded to criticism of his conduct throughout an Oval Workplace conference with the Ukrainian leader more than a week back in which Trump and Vice President JD Vance appeared to gang up on the European leader.
On Sunday, Trump repeated that he believed Zelensky wasn’t “grateful” and included that he “took sweet from a child”– his description of the Biden administration’s policy of military and political assistance for Ukraine’s military.
The president likewise appeared to deride the Ukrainian leader’s assertion that service members in his nation’s militaries were serving the nation fearlessly, as he dismissively remembered Zelensky “discussing the truth that they have actually battled and there’s […] bravery since someone needs to utilize those [US-supplied] weapons.”
” He’s a wise guy, and he’s a ruffian.” Trump stated of Zelensky. “He took cash out of this nation, under [Joe] Biden, like sweet from a child.”
Trump on Zelensky: “I simply do not believe he’s grateful. We offered him, in my viewpoint, $350 billion … He’s discussing the truth that they have actually battled and there’s a bravery since someone needs to utilize those weapons.” pic.twitter.com/b1KBefZyQi
— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) March 9, 2025 He was asked by Sunday Early morning Futures host Maria Bartiromo about critics who declared that he was reducing up political pressure on Russia.
No one has actually been harder on Russia than Donald Trump,” stated the president (after a prolonged tirade about “the Russia, Russia, Russia, scam. “Keep in mind, I’m the one that stopped the pipeline– Nord Stream 2.”
Trump’s record with that particular task is a bit spotty; he battled with Congress over sanctions on Russia targeted at avoiding its building. Ultimately, your home and Senate required his hand by consisting of the sanctions as part of an annual defense costs.
His follower, Joe Biden, waived a few of those sanctions upon taking workplace in an effort to reengage European leaders pushed away throughout Trump’s very first 4 years in workplace. However the Biden administration maintained pressure on the task, which was ultimately stopped officially by Germany’s chancellor after the Russian intrusion of Ukraine.
And some reports have actually suggested that his administration might be thinking about cutting an offer with Russia in 2025 that would permit the task to resume.
A gleeful Kremlin representative stated in current days that the United States policy on Ukraine was moving to totally match the Russian federal government’s position.
“The brand-new administration is quickly altering all diplomacy setups,” Dmitry Peskov stated on Russian state television previously in March.