Donald Trump again accuses Volodymyr Zelenskyy of starting war

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

US President Donald Trump continued accountable Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the war in Ukraine amid questions on which facet is answerable for the failure to attain the ceasefire Trump has promised to ship.
Trump made the remarks Monday as he was answering a reporter’s query about Ukraine’s request to buy further Patriot missiles for its resistance to the war that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour in 2022.
“He’s always looking to purchase missiles,” Trump mentioned of Zelenskyy whereas assembly with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele within the Oval Office. “Listen, when you start a war, you know that you can win the war, right? You don’t start a war against somebody that’s 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles.”
Trump subsequently broadened his critique to say that the deaths from the war have been the duty of three males, including Russian President Putin and Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden. “Let’s say Putin No. 1, but let’s say Biden, who had no idea what the hell he was doing, No. 2, and Zelenskyy,” Trump mentioned. “And all I can do is try and stop it.” Trump’s feedback got here after Ukraine mentioned greater than two dozen folks have been killed and scores injured after Russian missiles struck the town of Sumy within the nation’s northeast on Sunday morning.
The newest criticism of Zelenskyy got here days after Trump mentioned in a submit that “Russia has to get moving” to attain a ceasefire. Trump’s new feedback additionally adopted a gathering between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin to debate ending the war.
Asked in regards to the assault on Sumy, Trump advised reportersSunday evening that “it was terrible. And I was told they made a mistake.” He did not elaborate and shortly shifted to blaming the war on his predecessor. “Remember this,” he mentioned. “This is Biden’s war. I’m just trying to get it stopped so that we can save a lot of lives.” Trump additionally mentioned that Biden had enabled the war by not permitting extra power growth within the US. “All you had to do is lower oil prices,” Trump mentioned. “If you lowered oil prices – Biden kept the prices so high because he made it impossible to get it.”