Trump takes swipe at Zelensky’s leadership
“Zelensky better move fast or he is not going to have a country left,” US President Donald Trump says in a post on Truth Social.
Labelling Zelensky “a dictator”, Trump writes: “I love Ukraine, but Zelensky has done a terrible job, his country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died.”
Trump says in the meantime, the US is “successfully negotiating an end to the war with Russia”.
For context: Zelensky’s presidential term expired last May, however Ukraine has been under martial law since the Russian invasion in February 2022, which means presidential elections are suspended.
Didn’t know that about Zelensky (his term ended but he’s still “in charge”). I have no idea how bad things really are over there but I would hope that even if the US was in the midst of a war we’d cobble together the will and resources to keep our democracy chugging along. Zelensky is actually following the law however – Ukrainian elections are not to proceed under martial law.
The Trump administration is nothing if not lying and hypocritical. I’d say a war suspending the 2026 or 2028 elections is in the running for the “free space” on a bingo card.
Edit: context on Ukraine’s constitution
They’re in the middle of an invasion by an expansionist world power. How are they going to hold a free and fair election throughout the country?