President Donald Trump accused Ukraine but once more of being ungrateful for his efforts to finish Russia’s warfare on the nation as high Ukrainian, U.S. and European officers gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday to debate the U.S. peace proposal to place an finish to the warfare.
In a heated Reality Social publish Sunday, the president, who has championed the 28-point plan, criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and high U.S. allies in Europe, arguing that “with strong and proper U.S. and Ukrainian LEADERSHIP,” the “violent and terrible” warfare wouldn’t have occurred.
Trump has repeatedly blamed Zelenskyy for sparking the Ukraine-Russia warfare.
Whereas talking on Zelenskyy on the White Home in April, Trump declared, “You don’t start a war against someone 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles.”
Fuming within the publish that the warfare “began long before” he took workplace for a second time period, Trump went on to rail into the “Sleepy Joe Biden Administration” for making issues worse.
The appropriate-wing chief then reiterated his repeated, false claims that the 2020 election, by which he misplaced towards former President Joe Biden, was “RIGGED & STOLEN,” including, “[that’s] the only thing the Radical Left Democrats are good at doing.”
“There would be no Ukraine/Russia War, as there wasn’t, not even a mention, during my first Term in Office,” he continued.
Trump claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin “would never have attacked” and launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 if he have been president on the time.
“It was only when he saw Sleepy Joe in action that [Putin] said, ‘Now is my chance!’ The rest is history, and so it continues,” he wrote. “I INHERITED A WAR THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, A WAR THAT IS A LOSER FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SO NEEDLESSLY DIED.”
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Wrapping up his message, Trump torched Ukraine’s management for expressing “ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS” earlier than criticizing European nations that he mentioned proceed to purchase oil from Russia.
Zelenskyy has repeatedly thanked the USA for its assist amid the nation’s warfare towards Russia.
Trump additionally accused “crooked Joe [Biden]” of giving Ukraine weapons for “free, free, free.”
“THE USA CONTINUES TO SELL MASSIVE $AMOUNTS OF WEAPONS TO NATO, FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UKRAINE (CROOKED JOE GAVE EVERYTHING, FREE, FREE, FREE, INCLUDING “BIG” MONEY!). GOD BLESS ALL THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE HUMAN CATASTROPHE!,” Trump added.
Trump’s scathing remarks got here after Zelenskyy posted on X Sunday that “further work” is happening to verify Ukrainian views are thought of within the proposal.
Trump mentioned Friday that Kyiv has till Thursday to simply accept his 28-point proposal, which calls on Ukraine to cede territory ― and is considerably extra favorable to Russia ― or face dropping American army assist.
The contentious peace proposal has confronted pushback from European leaders.
In a followup on Saturday, Trump indicated that his proposal was not his ultimate supply and that the plan continues to be open for negotiation.
Zelenskyy warned Friday that Ukraine faces a tough resolution amid Trump’s calls for that Kyiv settle for the White Home peace plan that will drive it to sacrifice territory to Russia and make different robust concessions.
Trump’s high diplomat, Marco Rubio, has additionally been accused by lawmakers of labeling the plan “Russia’s want record.” A State Division spokesperson denied the allegations as “blatantly false.”
