Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has turned into a ‘persona non-grata’ for the administration of Donald J. Trump.
First, Zelensky turned back on the agreed proposal about sharing rare earth elements with the US as repayment for military aid, mistreating the Treasury Secretary. Then, he took it upon himself to lambast Trump’s emissaries for meeting Russian diplomats without a Ukrainian presence.
Finally, the former comedian accused Trump of living in a Russian ‘disinformation bubble’.
Trump is not one to stand for such behavior, and blasted Zelensky as a ‘Dictator’ who lured his country into an unwinnable war and ‘played Joe Biden like a fiddle’.
One source familiar with the White House’s reasonings tole the New York Post:
“’It’s nothing new to me. I heard months ago it’s time for an election and new leadership’, added this person, who said the public breakdown was a long time coming and that anti-Zelensky feeling is widespread within the West Wing.
A second source close to Trump concurred with the assessment and suggested that ‘the best case for [Zelensky] and the world is that he leaves to France immediately’.”