Donald Trump Slams Zelenskyy, Calls Him 'Modestly Successful Comedian', 'Dictator' Amid Russia Ukraine Peace Talks

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Donald trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a modestly successful comedian and 'dictator' after the Ukrainian president said that United States President was influenced by Russian disinformation.

The remark came even as Trump administration is reaching out to Russia to pushing for a peace deal .

Earlier in the day, reacting to Trump's comment at Mar-a-Lago that Zelenskyy's rating stood at 4 per cent, the Ukrainian president alleged that Trump is living in a Russian“disinformation space” .

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“We have seen this disinformation. We understand that it is coming from Russia. Trump lives in this disinformation space," said Zelenskyy during a news conference in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

Meanwhile, Trump has also responded to Zelenskyy's remark and called him a dictator without elections.

"Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn't be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and "TRUMP," will never be able to settle," said Trump in a post on X.

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He added that the United States has spent $200 Billion Dollars more than Europe, and Europe's money is guaranteed, while the United States will get nothing back.

"Why didn't Sleepy Joe Biden demand Equalization, in that this War is far more important to Europe than it is to us -We have a big, beautiful Ocean as separation. On top of this, Zelenskyy admits that half of the money we sent him is "MISSING." He refuses to have Elections, is very low in Ukrainian Polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing Biden“like a fiddle,” said Trump.

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