In a rarity, President Trump spent a good amount of time in a fresh Newsmax sit-down interview lambasting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, a longtime Washington ally who has been the recipient of billions in US arms and funds.
At a moment Zelensky has resisted Trump's call to stop striking Russian oil refineries, Trump bashed the Ukrainian leader as "not a good guy for (the US) to deal with." Watch Trump put Zelensky on blast...
.@POTUS: "Zelensky is not a good guy for us to deal with... If they're going to end up with a settlement of some kind, they're not going to do it with him. He doesn't want to settle. He says he wants to settle, but he doesn't." https://t.co/jVbg0jRJg0
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 16, 2026
He lamented that the Ukrainian president does not want to help bring an end to the war, now it its fifth year.
"He says he wants to settle, but he doesn't. I'm not a big fan of Zelensky. They've destroyed that country," the US president said, ultimately laying blame the blame also on the prior Biden administration.
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