Donald Trump doubled down on his rebuke of Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him a “A Dictator without Elections” who has done a “terrible job.” The American skewered the Ukrainian leader in a social media post on Wednesday—a day after Trump falsely suggested the Ukrainian president “started” the war with Russia. “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’t be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and ‘TRUMP,’ will never be able to settle,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, referencing Zelensky’s first career as an actor and entertainer. Trump went on to call Zelensky “A Dictator without Elections” who wants to “keep the ‘gravy train’ going.” “I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible job, his Country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died,” he added. Earlier on Wednesday, Zelensky had fired back against Trump’s claims, saying that the American was living in a Russian “disinformation space.” The traded blows come as Trump’s exclusion of Ukraine from America’s peace talks with Russia have raised concerns from Ukraine and its European allies.
