Volodymyr Zelensky Makes Bid to Become Trump’s Best Friend with Inauguration PraiseFrances Martel 21 Jan 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered some of the most effusive praise for President Donald Trump on the occasion of his inauguration on Monday – a stark contrast to his apparent support for former election rivals Joe Biden and Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign.
Zelensky published a statement celebrating Trump as a “strong person” and “always decisive,” expressing optimism about his country’s relationship to Washington during the second Trump term. He congratulated Trump a second time during a video message to the Ukrainian people also published on Monday, encouraging Ukrainians by suggesting that the Russian invasion may soon come to an end with Trump’s policies in action.
Zelensky maintained friendly relations with Trump during his first term and played a protagonist role in the Democratic impeachment saga, denying Democrats’ claims that Trump intimidated or otherwise acted inappropriately with him during a phone call. In the Biden era, Zelensky struggled to contain public frustrations with former President Biden before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Following the invasion, Biden offered billions of dollars in aid to the Ukrainian military, which Zelensky received with more demands for funding and weapons.
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