“Otherwise no country will have”
Trump calls Selenskyj “dictator without elections”
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First US President Trump accuses Ukraine to blame herself in the Russian attack war herself. He calls President Selenskyj a “dictator” who has to act quickly, “otherwise he will no longer have a country”.
US President Donald Trump described the Ukrainian head of state Wolodymyr Selenskyj as a “dictator without elections”. Selenskyj refuses to “stop elections, is very far back in Ukrainian surveys and the only thing he could do was to” play like a violin “, writes Trump on his online network Truth Social. The phrase that “play like a violin” is a targeted manipulation.
Selenskyj's term in office was officially finished in May 2024, but no elections may be held in Ukraine because of war law. His powers are therefore not questioned. There is also a broad unity in the country, not to vote as long as it is shot and the participation of soldiers and refugees at home and abroad would be difficult.
As the previous day, Trump accused Selenskyj to do his job badly. “I love Ukraine, but Selenskyj has done a terrible job, his country has been destroyed and millions have died senselessly,” Trump continues. Selenskyj has to act quickly, “otherwise he will no longer have a country”. In the meantime, the United States is to successfully negotiate an end to the war with Russia. Furthermore, the US President renewed his accusation that the United States had nothing back for its Ukraine aids. Half of the money sent to Kyiv would “lack”.
Previously, Trump had blamed the Mar-A-Lago of the Ukraine in his property for the Russian war of attack-and the Ukrainian President Selenskyj for the fact that the war is still ongoing. There is “a lead in Ukraine that has admitted a war that could never have been existed,” said Trump in the state of Florida. In addition, the US President -like Moscow -warned that elections were necessary in Ukraine. No elections would have taken place in Ukraine for a long time, and war law applies, complained Trump. That doesn't just say Russia. Trump claimed that Selenskyj had low approval values. The country was largely destroyed, people were fed up.
Selenskyj speaks of disinformation
Selenskyj then rejected Trump's allegations. “If someone wants to exchange me right now, it doesn't work now,” said Selenskyj at a press conference in Kiev and referred to approval values of over 50 percent in several surveys. Values of four percent are Russian disinformation. Kyiv has evidence that these numbers were discussed between Washington and Moscow. For Trump and other partners, these survey values would be made public.
He also rejected the accusation of supposedly seepled US aids. “The war cost us $ 320 billion, 120 came from us. 200 are from the United States and the EU,” said the head of state for foreign arms deliveries. In addition, there would be a little more than $ 100 billion in budget support and humanitarian aid.
Selenskyj described the Trump claim of $ 500 billion as “dubious”. In an interview, Trump had said that in return from Ukraine, he wanted rare earth worth $ 500 billion. “We are ready for a serious document, but we need security guarantees,” emphasized Selenskyj. The contract, among other things, provides for US access to Ukrainian raw materials, continues to work.
