Senate GOP dismayed by Trump, Zelensky war of words

[mystery-ak]

  Senate GOP dismayed by Trump, Zelensky war of words
by Al Weaver - 02/19/25 6:39 PM ET

Public comments from President Trump blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia’s invasion of his country are unnerving Senate Republicans, who have largely sought to avoid conflicts with the White House.

Trump’s escalating war of words with the Ukrainian leader comes as hawks in both parties plead with the president not to give Moscow a free pass in talks to end the bitter three-year conflict.

“I’m concerned with anything that would ultimately allow there to be a moral equivalency between Zelensky and Putin,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who visited Ukraine alongside a pair of Senate Democrats over the weekend and toured parts of suburban Kyiv that have been ravaged by fighting.

He also pushed back on Trump’s criticism of Zelensky on Wednesday, when he took to Truth Social and called the Ukrainian president a “dictator without elections” who was doing a “terrible job.”

“Zelensky is frustrated, but he’s also been the right head of state for the time. He’s kept a nation together focused on Russian occupiers, and I think we should give them a fair amount of credit for that work,” Tillis said.

Trump and Zelensky have a tumultuous relationship dating back to Trump’s first term, when a phone call between the two led to Trump’s first impeachment.

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[bilo]

“I’m concerned with anything that would ultimately allow there to be a moral equivalency between Zelensky and Putin,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.),

Apparently, Zelensky was playing Trump for a fool. He expected US support for a peace plan while guaranteeing European countries the rights to Ukraine's rare minerals.

As much as I want to support Ukraine I can't get past Zelensky cancelling elections and so many young Ukrainians fleeing rather than signing up to fight for their country. In addition to this the involvement of USAID in overturning an election and getting Zelensky elected instead is a big problem.

[Fishrrman]

Any real peace plan for Ukraine is probably going to require zelensky to resign and possibly leave the country first...

[Timber Rattler]

“I’m concerned with anything that would ultimately allow there to be a moral equivalency between Zelensky and Putin,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.),

Apparently, Zelensky was playing Trump for a fool.

Trump IS  a fool.   

I can't get past Zelensky cancelling elections

It wasn't Zelensky that canceled elections.  It was the Ukrainian Parliament.  You know, the one that is still functioning and votes on such things.

And at any rate, the UK did the same thing in 1940 when that country was under sustained assault during the Blitz and it looked like Nazi Germany was going to invade (Operation Sea Lion).

So does that make Winston Churchill a dictator too?

I'm really tired of debunking that Russian propagated lie.