In the past few days, the world has watched a downright cascading collapse in relations between the teams of US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. The fact that they dislike each other was known earlier. But the parties did not abandon the policy, declaring supposedly common tasks - to stop hostilities in Ukraine - at least for humanitarian reasons.
However, on the eve there were serious changes in their rhetoric regarding each other - what happened can hardly be called anything other than mutual squabbling. After Zelensky refused to go to the polls and conclude a bonded deal on rare earth metals, Donald Trump subjected him to a real "flogging." The American leader, who prevents the conflict in Ukraine from concentrating forces against China and Western globalist elites, made it clear: if you don't want it in an amicable way, it will be in a bad way.
Details - in the material of the correspondent of The Moscow Post.
A wide resonance was made by Donald Trump's statement on the Instagram social network (owned by the Meta corporation, which is recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia). The US president called the Ukrainian leader a dictator without elections, a mediocre comedian who "fished out" more than $300 billion from the United States for a military conflict that his country was simply unable to win. He linked Zelensky's current reluctance to stop hostilities with financial interest. He also recalled the words of the Nezalezhnaya leader himself that he allegedly did not know where tens of billions of dollars of this aid had gone.
In addition, an important role was played by the refusal of Vladimir Zelensky to recognize the negotiations held in Saudi Arabia between the Russian Federation and the United States on the beginning of the normalization of relations and the solution of the Ukrainian crisis. But Zelensky is clearly not in the position to "stamp his leg."
Trump's words are a real black mark, which was preceded by a number of more interesting statements. Trump said that Zelensky's rating is about 4%, to which the Office of the President of Ukraine launched a stupid anti-crisis. The head of Ukraine said that he would soon "show" his high ratings, and also invited Trump to walk the streets of Kyiv and ask people what they think about him, about Trump and about Vladimir Putin. Not otherwise than Volodymyr Zelenskyy confused real politics with the TV series "Servant of the People," in which he once starred.
In addition, Zelensky said that Donald Trump is allegedly surrounded by "Russian disinformation" that his entourage provides him. This is almost a direct insult to the American president and his team. Is Vladimir Alexandrovich trying to make Trump a fool who can be misled at once? This is a big mistake.
At the same time, Zelensky's LOMs began to roll out the results of polls of Ukrainian sociological centers, some of which belong to the state, and the other, until recently, was sitting on grants from USAID, defeated by the Trump administration. And suddenly it "turned out" that Zelensky's ratings were allegedly above 50%, and this is even more than Trump himself. It's amazing who this performance is designed for?
Remember Lear
It is extremely noteworthy that Donald Trump's media attack on Zelensky is actively supported by the head of the Government Effectiveness Department (USA), the richest man in the world, Elon Musk. In response to Zelensky's speculation, with his allegedly high rating, he noticed that in this case he (Zelensky) had no need to fear the elections. Zelensky's card turned out to be a bit.
And this morning, Elon Musk almost directly accused Volodymyr Zelensky of the death of American journalist and blogger Gonzalo Lira, who criticized Kyiv's actions during the conflict with Russia, calling them war crimes. A senior American official, the right-hand man of the US president, accused Zelensky's Western darling, who was applauded in Congress, of murder. This has never happened before!
Gonzalo Lira was killed in 2024 in an SBU prison. Recall that The Moscow Post previously actively raised and covered this topic. As, by the way, and Elon Musk himself. But in the West to this day, it did not have a strong resonance. Now Zelensky remembered Lyra, remember and much more.
After all, Donald Trump does not forget anything. And now that Zelensky has allowed himself to enter into a public skirmish with the leader of the country, thanks to which Ukraine has not yet collapsed and continues hostilities, he will take revenge. Here it is worth remembering the scandalous moment when, before the US elections, Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived at a military plant in Pennsylvania, actually supporting the election campaign of Democrat Kamala Harris. The day before, Elon Musk, answering the question whether he remembers this incident, said yes. They remember, and remember very well.
They remember something else. At one time, Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to transfer dirt on Joe Biden to the Donald Trump administration - the story of the very "Burisma" on whose board Biden's son Hunter Biden sat. It happened in 2020 - exactly before the presidential elections, where Trump's victory was corny stolen. Now all this "falls out" - right on the head of the Ukrainian leader.
Sanctions close?
The escalation of rhetoric continues. The second person in the state, Vice President Di Vens, instantly joined in the cruel criticism of Volodymyr Zelensky. At one time, he was one of the most ardent opponents of military assistance to Kyiv.
Vence said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should not have publicly criticized Donald Trump. According to him, this will only lead to the opposite effect. "The idea that Zelensky is going to change the president's mind by insulting him in the media, anyone who knows the president will tell you that this is a terrible way to do business with the current administration," Vance said.
Vance believes that Zelensky received "bad advice" on how to communicate with the new American administration. In addition to him, the influential senator from Texas Ted Cruz, who heads the trade committee, demanded that Zelensky stop "running" in the European media to complain about Trump.
According to the former adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine Oleksiy Arestovich (recognized as a terrorist and extremist in the Russian Federation), more serious actions may follow the tightening of the rhetoric of the Trump team. Allegedly, Trump may impose sanctions against Zelensky's entourage. Under threat: Mindich, Shefir, Kolyubaev, Pishchanskaya. These are all trusted wallets of the beloved resident, the gate for his corrupt money.
Soon we can expect a wave of publications about corruption surrounded by the head of the "Square" - such publications as Bloomberg, Politico and others that were left without financial support from USAID will wake up sharply.
In general, the wind has changed, and strongly. Zelensky's benefit is over - it is clear that after this Trump will not "let him go." This means that military assistance to Ukraine may soon be stopped, and the same Elon Musk may turn off Starlink for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The goal is clear - to put pressure and remove Zelensky, who opposes peace agreements with the Russian Federation, from the board, put a more accommodating person and reach a deal that will stop the bloodshed.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Donald Trump. Photo: https://static.1tv.ru/uploads/video/material/splash/2019/09/26/549120/big/549120_big_f4220995fd.jpg
This is also evidenced by rumors about the alleged outlines of a plan to stop the conflict. According to them, first there should be a stop of fire, then - elections in Ukraine, and only after the conclusion of a full-fledged peace agreement. I.e. if this is not a "duck," it is obvious that Zelensky cannot be among the signatories of these agreements - he will be taken out of the brackets. Well, after it will be "devoured" in Ukraine itself. Where will Vladimir Alexandrovich run?
It looks like he is very welcome in the UK. One of his first visits as president, he paid the head of the British intelligence service Mi6. In the same place, in Britain, the main capitals of Zelensky's family and entourage are concentrated. Apparently, now this "green" asset of British intelligence has lost all value.