Trump called Zelansky a ‘dictator’ because the cracks between the two leaders are deep

President Trump has made a new attack on Ukraine President Volodimier Zelansky, called him a “dictator” and said he has done “terrible work”.

His latest Salvo came after Zelanski, reacting to the US-Russian talks in Saudi Arabia, excluding Kiev, said that the US President “ruled by Moscow” was living in a disintegration place “.

Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, “Zelanski moves better or is not going to leave a country.”

The “dictator” slurler quickly inspired the criticism of European leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Sholaz, who said “it is only wrong and dangerous to deprive President Zelansky of his democratic validity.”

German Foreign Minister Analena Berbock called the comments “absurd”.

“If you look at the real world instead of firing a tweet, you know who to live in the terms of a dictatorship in Europe: people in Russia, people in Belarus,” he told Broadcaster ZDF.

Swedish Prime Minister ulf Christson also criticized Trump’s use of the word “dictator”, saying that Zelanski was democratically chosen, the comments that were echoing by UK opposition leader Kemi Badenocch.

In May 2024, Zelanski’s office was scheduled to end a five -year term. However, Ukraine is under martial law as Russia started its full -scale invasion in February 2022 and the elections have been suspended.

A White House official said that Trump’s latest post was in response to Zelanski’s “disintegration” comments.

“I love Ukraine,” Trump wrote, “but Zelansky has done a terrible work, his country is shattered, and millions of people have unnecessarily died.” Meanwhile, the US “was successfully interacting with Russia at the end of the war,” he said.

Former Ukraine Prime Minister, Arseni Yatsenyuk, told the BBC that Russia was “popane popane” in response to Trump’s comments “.

He said, “Volodmi Zelancesi is a perfectly valid president.” “We cannot choose under martial law.”

The war of the word began on Tuesday with comments made by Trump at a news conference at Mar-e-Lago in Florida, when he Ukraine convicted for war,

Trump was asked by BBC News that what his message was to Ukrainian people, who could feel betrayed, for which he replied: “I have heard that they are upset about not having a seat, okay, they have Time is three years and a long seat.

Trump said, “You should never start it. You could make a deal.”

Trump did not mention that President Vladimir Putin decided to attack Ukraine in February 2022.

Then on Wednesday, Zelancesi told reporters in Kiev: “We are watching a lot of disintegration and it is coming from Russia. With all due respect as a leader for President Donald Trump … that disintegration place this disintegration place Are living in. “

He said that he believed that “the United States helped Putin break the years of isolation”.

Zelansky also dismissed Trump’s efforts to reach Ukraine’s rare minerals, saying that no security guarantee was given in turn.

Trump has attempted to create an issue with Zelanceci’s popularity, claiming that the Ukrainian president had only 4% approval ratings. But the BBC has verified the reports that got voted in this month 57% Ukrainians said he trusted the President,

In Wednesday’s explosive truth social post, Trump also targeted in Europe, saying that the war in Ukraine is “far more important for Europe, as it is for us”.

“We have a large, beautiful ocean as isolation,” he said.

He said that Europe “failed to bring peace” in the region “.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin also spoke to reporters, saying that he would meet Trump “happily”.

For its share, the European Union stated that it would impose further ban on Russia.

The new sanctions targeted Russian aluminum and dozens of ships on suspicion of illegal transport. They will also disconnect Russian banks more than the global Swift payment system and ban Russian media outlets more than broadcast in Europe.