Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shut down a Newsmax interviewer who prompted him to say that there would be no war in Ukraine if former President Donald Trump were still the US president.
Zelensky was interviewed by Rob Schmitt, a Newsmax anchor, in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, on Tuesday about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Schmitt asked Zelensky: “Do you think that different American leadership, do you think that different Western leadership, may have prevented this aggression?
“There are many Americans that believe that if somebody like Donald Trump was still in the White House that this invasion would not have happened. What is your position?”
Zelensky responded by saying that he was grateful for the help given by US President Joe Biden, and that the most important thing for Ukraine is support from the American public, regardless of which party is in power.
Zelensky said: “Well, I believe what’s the most important is the assistance from the people of the United States. They are paying the taxes, and the money being allocated to support Ukraine comes from the taxes, and it’s all of that humanitarian, financial, military support to Ukraine. So I am grateful to the current president of the United States as well as to those in the political parties that support us.”
“I am sorry if I’ll be saying something that you don’t like, but for us as the country in war, it doesn’t matter whether it’s Democrats or Republicans. It’s the people of the United States that support us,” he said.
Zelensky later added: “I don’t know what would happen if the president, if Donald Trump would be the president of the United States for this situation, so I cannot predict what would happen.”
Zelensky said that it was important that US institutions such as Congress work the same regardless of who is in power, to keep “the values of the United States.”
Newsmax is a right-wing outlet known for its support of Trump.
Trump has previously said that him being in power would have prevented Russia from invading.
He said in a statement on February 24, the day Russia invaded, “If I were in Office, this deadly Ukraine situation would never have happened!”
Trump and Zelensky have a significant political backstory, and the question of US support led to Trump’s first impeachment.
Congress impeached Trump over a 2019 phone call with Zelensky when he urged the Ukrainian president to investigate Biden, his political rival, and his son Hunter Biden seemingly in exchange for military aid.
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Zelensky is playing it smart publicly.
Privately he knows this wouldn’t have happened with Trump in the White House
The far right will stop at nothing!!!
Shame on you for the umpteenth time LEFTIST NGN, yet again demonstrating your role as propagandist shill of the LEFT! “Newsmax is a right-wing outlet known for its support of Trump”. You never mention “left-wing” outlet known for it’s support for Ole, Slo, Demented and Demonic “J. Bite-me Biden” why is that? You’re a joke as are all WOKE-FOLK sycophants! You stooges believe that you’ll be exempt from their evil but after your usefulness is not needed you’ll be disposed of as is the case with all Communist Regimes of which is now in place in this third world $HIT-HOLE! You’ll rue the day for being such a useful tool of the demonic Left!
Another garbage outlet claiming to be journalism and yet nothing but a biased left-wing propaganda machine. You are trash! We should not be supporting Ukraine’s war. We should but be supporting a country that is pushing New World Order. Maybe if we are going to waste taxpayers money we should give it to our own people here in the US so they can afford to live during this massive inflation that is supposedly transitory, no wait, good.