After President Donald Trump claimed Ukraine was at fault for the war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an accurate observation about the “disinformation space” Trump lives in.
On Tuesday, Trump showed little patience for Ukraine’s objections to being left out of the U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia. He repeatedly stated that Ukraine’s leaders should never have let the conflict begin, suggesting Kyiv should have made concessions to Russia before its troops invaded in 2022.
“Today I heard, ‘Oh, well, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you been there for three years. You should have ended it three years ago. You should have never started it. You could have made a deal.”
“I could have made a deal for Ukraine that would have given them almost all of the land, and no people would have been killed, and no city would have been demolished and not one dome would have been knocked down. But they chose not to do it that way.”
Speaking ahead of his meeting with Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Gen. Keith Kellogg, Zelenskyy responded:
“Unfortunately, President Trump, I have great respect for him as a leader of a nation that we have great respect for, the American people who always support us, unfortunately lives in this disinformation space.”
You can hear what he said in the video below.
Zelenskyy: Trump is living in a “disinformation space”
Many agreed with the Ukrainian leader’s assessment given that Trump is echoing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric.
Has been for a long time. He openly admitted to trusting Russians more than our intelligence departments. Trump is a senile narcissist with zero morals.
— LostNThought 🇬🇪 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 (@lostnthought.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T15:19:20.406Z
No, he creates the disinformation himself. He is not trapped in it. Trump is a Russian asset and has been for decades. We let the the toddler get control of the gun, AGAIN. This time he will kill with it.
— svander 💔🇺🇸 (@svander001.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T19:24:11.833Z
Speaking truth to power & pushing back against tyranny. Zelenskyy is a master at that. youtu.be/odFG5YupiAE
President of the United States is parroting Russian propaganda. Unbelievable but here we are.
— Kimmo Koskinen 🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@curiouslife.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T15:18:15.187Z
He's not trapped, he's there willingly because…he's a Russian asset and has been for a long time.
— Count Zero (@independentmedia.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T15:20:55.971Z
Nothing could be more true. Trump does live in "disinformation space". Even after right wing propaganda machine confirms a lie, Donald still mouths it. Just yesterday with Hannity.
— Dave Urban (@davidjohnurban.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T19:02:28.256Z
A disinformation space of his making.
— JRSinOhio (@jrsinohio.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T19:10:51.995Z
The tension intensified between Trump and Zelenskyy when, later Wednesday morning, Trump posted on Truth Social that Zelenskyy is “a Dictator without Elections” and took credit for early steps toward negotiating an end to the war.
Trump claimed that Zelenskyy’s approval rating in Ukraine was just 4%, despite a poll released Wednesday by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology showing that 57% of Ukrainians trust Zelenskyy.
He also suggested that Zelenskyy would lose if an election were held. Zelenskyy had canceled the spring 2024 election, citing the ongoing war and martial law restrictions, in accordance with the Ukrainian Constitution.
