'He shouldn't have done that': Donald Trump criticizes Ukraine president over war

[HereForTheParty]

Source: USA Today

President Donald Trump had tough words for both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview that aired Thursday, threating to ratchet up financial pressure on Russia while calling Zelenskyy “no angel.”

Trump promised on the campaign trail to quickly ended the war in Ukraine and is trying to force the two sides to the negotiating table.

Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, but Trump said in the interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity that Zelenskyy “shouldn’t have allowed this war to happen.”

“Zelenskyy was fighting a much bigger entity, much bigger, much more powerful,” Trump said. “He shouldn’t have done that, because we could’ve made a deal… and Zelenskyy decided that I want to fight.”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/23/trump-zelenskyy-putin-ukraine-war/77918529007/

[FSogol]

1. Everytime Trumpy opens his sphincter-like mouth, I wonder

how did he get a single vote?

[Skittles]

12. THANK YOU

WTF, how SICK are people who see value in that piece of utter GARBAGE

[PSPS]

2. Ukraine is on trump's revenge list because his quid-pro-quo shake down in 2016 didn't work

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. What? He shouldn't have gotten his country invaded by Putin?

He should ask Trump..."what if Putin invaded your Country? What would you do? I'd like to know the answer to that.

[tulipsandroses]

7. Oh I know. He would let Vlad do whatever the hell he wants

He'd tell us its not Russia.

[benfranklin1776]

17. Yes indeed.

Surrender is the dotard’s go to strategy! And, of course, in his warped and twisted mind, he psychotically envisions himself a “great deal maker!” He makes Neville Chamberlain look like Spartacus by comparison 🤬😡

[MadameButterfly]

10. i think he's saying Zelensky shouldn't have resisted

and hallucinating that some deal was waiting if he'd only allowed in the tanks rolling toward Kiev
like the deal Ukraine got when Russai invaded Crimea

[Baitball Blogger]

4. So, Trump is revealing that he assumes that smaller nations should give in to larger nations.

And even if Russia was the aggressor, it was Zelensky's fault for not buckling.

God damn. His mind is so simplistic. It's crazy.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. He clearly thinks Panama and Greenland should just fold. . . . . . nt

[Baitball Blogger]

19. Absolutely. He revealed his hand.

This is just crazy, crazy, crazy that someone with this dumbed down view of the world is our leader.

The saddest thing of all is that it means that the body count has to rise in this country with our servicemen, before the mothers in the red states wake up.

[DallasNE]

5. Trump Doesn't Know His History

Putin first invaded Ukraine in 2014. That was the administration before Zelenskyy and even before Trumps 1st term.That is when most of the land was taken by Russia. So why didn’t Trump negotiate a deal in his first term.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. And after 2014, Putin funded a dirty war inside four Ukraine regions to push separatism and grievances. . . . nt

[JoseBalow]

15. That dipshit doesn't know how to tie his own shoes

That moron couldn't find Russia on a labelled map, let alone Ukraine.

[live love laugh]

6. This is his idiotic way oftrying to act like he's impartial to both sides

When it’s obvious, he has it in for Zelensky.

[BeyondGeography]

8. Putin sees Ukraine as part of Russia

There was no deal to be made. Maybe Trump even knows that.

Nah.

[cstanleytech]

9. Sounds like it's what we expected which is Trump to do which is forcing the Ukraine to surrender to Trump's boss.

[Roy Rolling]

11. Apologies Beforehand

I think I may overuse this in reply to any MAGAt bullshit. Is it over yet?

[Layzeebeaver]

16. all this is just distraction - his comments...

it gives space for the other more detestable items on the far right agenda.

Ignore this shit and resist against the real dangers.

[maxrandb]

18. The media can try all they want to get me to take stupid people seriously

but I am not playing their game.

[JohnnyRingo]

20. "Don't blame the bully, it's the nerd's fault for letting himself get punched."

We're dealing with a president who's still living by schoolyard rules.
Next we won't allow NATO to sit at our table in the cafeteria.

[travelingthrulife]

21. I wish Putin would employ one of his windows for Traitor Trump.

[republianmushroom]

22. But, Zelenskyy, has shown trumps puppet master, is not that tough.

Nor is trump's love letter boy friends troops from North Korea.