LONDON — President Donald Trump slammed Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, accusing him of derailing negotiations to end the war in Ukraine while a peace deal was “very close.”
In a long post on Truth Social, Trump described Zelenskyy’s rejection of Russia's takeover of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, as “very harmful” to achieving peace.
“It’s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy’s that makes it so difficult to settle this War,” Trump wrote.
Zelenskyy has consistently rejected the suggestion that his country give up its claim to the Crimean Peninsula.
“There’s nothing to talk about here,” he said at a media conference Tuesday. “This is against our constitution.”
During an Oval Office media event Wednesday evening, Trump suggested negotiations with Zelenskyy have been “harder” than dealings with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We have to get a deal with Zelenskyy,” Trump said. “I thought it might be easier to deal with Zelenskyy. So far, it’s been harder.”
I agree with this.
I absolutely voted for Trump with the greatest of hopes that he would end the war ASAP. Of course, this has not happened quickly, and I am a little disappointed, but I understand now that Zelenskyy is truly dead set against the peace. He is trapped by his own propaganda on the war, and so are many of the NATOcrats who support this.
I am no fan of totalitarian governments, but when you look at this war, it seems clear that the West wanted it, and that Zelenskyy fully signed on to it.
And war is always a catastrophe for both sides - my heart goes out to all the young men and women and their families who are being conscripted against their will and dying needlessly because of geopolitical games that the Western oligarchs want to play.