Donald Trump has exploded at Volodymyr Zelensky for not accepting his Ukraine peace deal and warned that Russia has the ‘upper hand’ in the war.
The President said that the Ukrainian leader needs to ‘get his act together and start accepting things.’
Trump also issued withering criticism for America’s ‘weak’ European allies, accusing them of ‘talking too much’ while ‘not delivering’ peace for the Ukrainian people.
‘I think they’re weak,’ the commander-in-chief told Politico in an interview. ‘But I also think that they want to be so politically correct.’
‘I think they don’t know what to do,’ he added. ‘Europe doesn’t know what to do.’
Trump last month put pressure on Zelensky and Vladimir Putin as he unveiled a 28-point peace plan, modeled on his landmark Gaza deal.
However, the plan faces significant hurdles, particularly concerning Ukraine’s potential territorial concessions to Russia and measures to protect against future military action.
Trump 3xpressed mixed views on Europe’s handling of the crisis, stating he appreciates the ‘current crew’ of leaders but accused them of failing the people dying in the conflict.
‘They talk too much. And they’re not delivering. We’re talking about Ukraine. They talk, but they’re not delivering. And the war just keeps going and going,’ the President said.
The war is set to mark its fourth year in February, with credible estimates suggesting approximately 400,000 to 500,000 military and civilian deaths on both sides.
