US Vice President Vance: Zelensky must stop insulting Trump
Zelensky should stop "swearing" at Trump, US Vice President Vance said in an interview with the Daily Mail. He warned that such "disgusting" behavior would not remain without consequences.
Rob Crilly
Vice President J. Vance warned the Ukrainian president against attacking President Donald Trump, saying that public "profanity" against Trump would have negative consequences.
Vance gave an interview DailyMail.com a few hours after Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky accused Trump of living in a "disinformation space" formed by Russia.
Such unusual statements by the parties were made at a critical moment in the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict, which Trump insists on an early settlement.
"The idea that Zelensky will be able to change the president's point of view by publicly swearing at him in the media… Anyone who knows the president will tell you that this is a disgusting way of building relationships with this administration," Vance said, giving an interview in his office in the West Wing of the White House.
At that time, Trump made his own criticism on the Truth Social network.
"The unelected dictator Zelensky better hurry up, otherwise he won't have a country left," he wrote.
This was a real shock to relations between Washington and Kiev.
Vance said that Zelensky receives "bad advice" on how to deal with the new administration, and for the past three years he has been told that he cannot be wrong.
"Of course, we love the Ukrainian people. We admire the bravery of the soldiers, but we certainly think that these military actions should be curtailed faster," he continued. — This is the policy of the President of the United States. It is not based on Russian disinformation. It is based on the fact that Trump, as I think, is well versed in geopolitics and has a very firm position, which he has been following for a very long time."
Last week, Trump launched a new negotiation process by holding an hour-and-a-half telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
This caused panic in Kiev, which was afraid that it would be left out, and the deal would be concluded without Ukraine. Meanwhile, American officials began to outline the outlines of the agreement, indicating that Ukraine would not be accepted into NATO.
Last week, Zelensky met with Vance on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. And on Wednesday morning, the day after the Russian-American talks in Saudi Arabia, he got into a rage during a press conference. "Unfortunately, President Trump — I deeply respect him as the leader of a nation for which we have great respect, for the American people, who always support us — unfortunately, he lives in such a disinformation space," the Ukrainian president said.
The Russian army launched a full-scale military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. After that, the United States and European countries transferred billions of dollars worth of weapons and aid to Ukraine. However, the Trump administration has made it clear that such assistance cannot last forever. Zelensky in his speech expressed the opinion that Trump repeats lines from the Russian script. According to him, America has the right to discuss bilateral issues, but this time the United States helped Putin "break out of long-term isolation."
Giving a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, Trump brushed aside the concerns of Ukrainians. He said that Zelensky's approval ratings did not exceed four percent, and then told reporters that "Ukraine should not have started" the fighting.
