{"id":7330,"date":"2025-02-19T19:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T19:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-calls-zelenskyy-a-dictator-after-blaming-ukraine-for-russias-invasion\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T19:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T19:23:15","slug":"trump-calls-zelenskyy-a-dictator-after-blaming-ukraine-for-russias-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-calls-zelenskyy-a-dictator-after-blaming-ukraine-for-russias-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls Zelenskyy a &#8220;dictator&#8221; after blaming Ukraine for Russia&#8217;s invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em> \u2014 President Trump attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a &#8220;dictator without elections,&#8221; echoing rhetoric from the Kremlin about the war in Ukraine and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-says-ukraine-started-war-despite-russia-invasion-blames-zelenskyy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">escalating a public feud<\/a><\/span> between the two leaders.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114031332924234939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post on Truth Social<\/a> Wednesday, Mr. Trump lashed out at Zelenskyy, accusing him of duping the U.S. into providing billions in aid to Ukraine and misusing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn&#8217;t be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and &#8216;TRUMP,&#8217; will never be able to settle,&#8221; Mr. Trump wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump inflated the amount of assistance the U.S. has sent to Ukraine since Russia&#8217;s invasion in 2022. The U.S. has provided $66 billion in security assistance. In total, Congress has appropriated $175 billion in economic, humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He refuses to have Elections, is very low in Ukrainian Polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing Biden &#8216;like a fiddle,'&#8221; Mr. Trump wrote. &#8220;A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy was elected president of Ukraine in 2019 with 73% of the vote. The country has delayed elections that were scheduled for early 2024 because of the war with Russia. One recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiis.com.ua\/?lang=eng&amp;cat=reports&amp;id=1496&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">public opinion poll<\/a> in Ukraine showed 57% of Ukrainians said they trust Zelenskyy, compared to 37% who said they don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>A senior administration official told CBS News that Mr. Trump&#8217;s attack on Zelenskyy was a direct response to the Ukrainian president saying that Mr. Trump appeared to be operating in a Russian-created &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-says-ukraine-started-war-despite-russia-invasion-blames-zelenskyy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">disinformation space<\/a><\/span>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are seeing a lot of disinformation and that is coming from Russia,&#8221; Zelenskyy said Wednesday. &#8220;Unfortunately, President Trump, with all due respect\u2026 is living in this disinformation space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy&#8217;s comment came a day after Mr. Trump blamed Ukraine for starting the war with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, falsely <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-war-azov-battalion-putin-premise-war-vs-nazis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">claiming<\/a><\/span> Ukraine was run by &#8220;neo-Nazis&#8221; who posed a threat to Russia and its neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia earlier this week about ending the war. Ukrainian officials were not included in the meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Capitol Hill, several Republican senators disagreed with Mr. Trump&#8217;s criticism of Zelenskyy. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said she would &#8220;never refer to President Zelenskyy as a dictator.&#8221; Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Zelenskyy is not to blame for Russia&#8217;s invasion &#8220;in any way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To equate anybody or to suggest that anyone in Ukraine has responsibility for this war forgets the fact that Putin lied,&#8221; Sen. 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