‘America won’t put up with it!’ Donald Trump issues Ukraine war warning after blasting ‘ungrateful’ Volodymyr Zelensky
Donald Trump has issued a fresh warning on the Ukraine war as he blasted the Volodymyr Zelensky as ungrateful – just days after their White House row.
Addressing the nation, Trump claimed that Zelensky had not shown sufficient respect during their bilateral meeting on Friday.
“I just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin,” he mused.
“With all of that being said, I want one thing to happen. I want all of those young people to stop being killed. The money is one thing, but the death … I want to see it stop,” Trump added.
Earlier today, Zelensky announced that the end to the three-year conflict is not drawing to a close.
He declared that a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia was still “very, very far away”.
In response, Trump claimed that “America will not put up with it for much longer”, digging in his heels fresh after their heated row last Friday.
Taking to his Truth Social, the 47th President said: “This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelensky, and America will not put up with it for much longer!
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He said: “It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelensky, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the US.”
In an additional attack on leaders across Europe, Trump said: “Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?”
Trump’s criticisms of Europe’s top leaders has followed the largest ever European peace summit taking place in the heart of London as Nato leader Mark Rutte urged nations to “ramp up defence spending”.
Despite the absence of a US representative at the talks, Trump emphasised that the White House was still committed to the transatlantic alliance.
As American advice develops amidst competing priorities and evolving peace negotiations, French President Emmanuel Macron has recommended that fellow European leaders should raise their defence spending to up to 3.5 per cent of GDP.
Last week, Sir Keir Starmer announced British defence spending will increase by £13.4billion as the Prime Minister brings forward his 2.5 per cent security splurge to 2027.
Addressing the Commons, the Prime Minister also confirmed Labour will look to bring defence spending up to three per cent in the next Parliament.
However, Starmer also stressed “difficult decisions” had to be made to ensure the UK could meet its defence spending commitments, later confirming Britain’s foreign aid budget would be slashed from 0.5 per cent to 0.3 per cent.