BREAKING NEWS: Trump calls Zelensky out for not sufficiently thanking him prior to his term in office
Fresh off a blistering encounter in the Oval Office on Friday where he and Vice President JD Vance verbally excoriated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for not showing sufficient thanks for American support, President Donald Trump continued his attacks on Zelensky for his perceived ingratitude.
Speaking in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump doubled down on his criticisms of the embattled Ukrainian leader.
“Listen, Sean, Ukraine started its war against Russia in what, February 2022?” Trump told Hannity. “And believe me, if I were in office, it would never have happened. Never. But it did happen anyways, and under Joe Biden—Sleepy Joe Biden—we gave Ukraine so many weapons. We gave them so many weapons, you wouldn’t even believe it. It was crazy how many weapons they got.”
“But if you think about it, Sean, there’s one thing people aren’t really talking about,” Trump continued. “All this time that Ukraine has been waging this war against itself, all this time from 2022 up until the time I took office in, what, January 2024? And who was the one person Zelensky never really thanked for all those American weapons? Me. Donald Trump. Not once did Zelensky publicly say, ‘Thank you Donald Trump, for all these American weapons I’m going to have once you take office. The Ukrainian people can sleep soundly now knowing that Donald Trump will eventually be President of the United States.’”
“I never heard it from him, Sean,” Trump said. “For over five years he had the opportunity to say it, and yet only now that I’m in office does he come crawling to me in the Oval Office and wanting more from me. And I’m sorry, but that’s not going to bring peace to his country. Maybe under Sleepy Joe Biden, but I just don’t play that way.”
Other officials close to the President echoed his sentiments.
“The only reason Ukraine still exists today is because of the United States and Donald J. Trump,” White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said in a weekend interview with Newsmax. “Because of all the weapons that it frankly should never have received from the United States, but did, it has been able to repel the invasion so far. All thanks exclusively to Donald Trump, to whom the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening. Yet Zelensky marches into the White House and demands even more, because he has been treated like some sacred Messianic leader all these years. And finally on Friday, Donald Trump once and for all was able to put a stop to that nonsense and declare no more. We won’t be going into World War III only because of Donald Trump, for the kingdom, the power and the glory is his, now and forever.”
Still others in the administration believed Trump was playing the long game in terms of diplomatic strategy.
“President Trump is being so harsh on Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelensky only to curry favor on Russia and Vladimir Putin,” one senior White House advisor was quoted as saying. “Once he gains that favor with Putin, he will then turn around and procure a deal that is then very favorable to Ukraine. You must remember that when everyone else is playing checkers, Donald Trump is playing twelve-dimensional chess.”
“And when someone is playing twelve-dimensional chess, it’s important to keep in mind all twelve dimensions,” the advisor continued. “The first dimension is length. The second is width. The third dimension is height. The fourth is time. The fifth is color. Sixth dimension is smell. The seventh is saltiness. The eighth dimension is actually The Fifth Dimension, as in the musical group from the 1960s. You know, from Hair? The ninth dimension is…um…avarice—I’m sorry, is he dead yet? Can I stop this now? I would really, really, really like to be able to stop this now. What has it been, six months already?”
“Six weeks?” the exasperated advisor responded upon correction. “Holy shit!”
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