Trump calls Zelensky a “dictator”

President Trump has launched a new attack against the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him a “dictator” and saying that he has done a “terrible work.”

His last save occurred after Zelensky, reacting to Russia’s conversations in the United States in Saudi Arabia of which kyiv was excluded, said that the president of the United States was “living in a disinformation space” governed by Moscow.

“Zelensky is better to move fast or won’t have a country,” Trump wrote in a publication about Truth Social.

The insult of the “dictator” quickly caused criticism of European leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who said: “It is simply incorrect and dangerous to deny President Zelensky his democratic legitimacy.”

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock described the “absurd” comments.

“If you look at the real world instead of simply shooting a tweet, then you know who in Europe has to live in the conditions of a dictatorship: people in Russia, people in Belarus,” he told the ZDF station.

The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristerson, also criticized the use of Trump of the word “dictator”, saying that Zelensky had been democratically chosen, comments that were made echoed by the opposition leader of the United Kingdom, Kemi Badenoch.

The five -year period of Zelensky had to come to an end in May 2024. However, Ukraine has been under martial law since Russia launched its large -scale invasion in February 2022 and the elections are suspended.

A White House official said that Trump’s last publication was in direct response to Zelensky’s “misinformation” comments.

“I love Ukraine,” Trump wrote, “but Zelensky has done a terrible job, his country is destroyed and millions have died unnecessarily.” Meanwhile, the United States was “successfully negotiating the end of the war with Russia,” he said.

The former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, told the BBC that Russia was “exploding in champagne at this time” in response to Trump’s comments.

“Volodymyr Zelensky is a completely legitimate president,” he said. “We cannot hold elections under martial law.”

The War of Words began with comments made by Trump on Tuesday at a press conference in Mar-A-Lago in Florida, when he blame Ukraine for war.

BBC News asked Trump what his message was to the Ukrainians who could feel betrayed, to which he replied: “I heard that they are upset about not having a seat, well, they have had a seat for three years and a long time before that.

“You should never have started it. You could have made a deal,” Trump added.

Trump did not mention that President Vladimir Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine in February 2022.

Then, on Wednesday, Zelensky told journalists in kyiv: “We are seeing a lot of misinformation and comes from Russia. With due respect to President Donald Trump as leader … he is living in this disinformation space.”

He added that he believed that “the United States helped Putin get out of years of isolation.”

Zelensky also rejected Trump’s attempts to access the rare minerals of Ukraine, saying that no security guarantees were offered in return.

Trump has tried to make a problem with the popularity of Zelensky, claiming that the Ukrainian president had only an approval index of 4%. But the BBC verifies the reports that the vote was made this month 57% of Ukrainians said they trusted the president.

In Wednesday’s explosive position, Trump also pointed to Europe, saying that the war in Ukraine is “much more important for Europe than for us.”

“We have a big and beautiful ocean as separation,” he said.

Europe had “could not bring peace” in the region, he added.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin also spoke with journalists, saying that he would meet Trump “with pleasure.”

For its part, the EU said it would impose more sanctions to Russia.

The new sanctions are directed to Russian aluminum and dozens of suspicious vessels of illegally transporting oil. They would also disconnect more Russian banks from the Global Swift Payment System and prohibit more Russian media transmitting in Europe.