
Zelensky angered Trump with his criticism of U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia – The Guardian
February 19, 2025
Zaluzhny avoided answering the question about his participation in the upcoming presidential elections in Ukraine
February 19, 2025Yesterday, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should not have “started” the war and criticized Ukrainian authorities for having had three years to negotiate.
This was Trump’s response to Zelensky’s remarks criticizing U.S.-Russia negotiations in Saudi Arabia.
“Today, I heard: ‘Oh, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you were there for three years. You should have ended this three years ago. You shouldn’t have started this. You could have made a deal. I could have made a deal for Ukraine that would have left them with almost all their land, and not a single person would have been killed, and not a single city destroyed. But they chose not to do it that way. And President Biden has been so bad at this,” Trump said.
The day before, Trump also demanded elections in Ukraine and claimed that Zelensky’s approval rating is at 4 percent. According to Trump, it is not Russia that is pushing Ukraine toward elections, but rather the “situation” itself.





