U.S. President Donald Trump criticized his former nationwide safety advisor on Sunday and mentioned the U.S. authorities ought to spend much less time worrying about Russian President Vladimir Putin amid Moscow’s ongoing battle towards Ukraine.
Trump made the feedback Sunday night time in a pair of posts on his social media platform Reality Social after Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who served as Trump’s nationwide safety adviser throughout his first administration, criticized the president for “coddling Putin” whereas placing elevated stress on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“H.R. MCMASTER IS A WEAK AND TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE LOSER!” Trump wrote.
ZELENSKYY SAYS IRE WITH TRUMP BEGAN WITH PRO-TRUMP RHETORIC
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts on the White Home in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Picture)
“We should spend less time worrying about Putin, and more time worrying about migrant rape gangs, drug lords, murderers, and people from mental institutions entering our Country – So that we don’t end up like Europe!” he mentioned in a follow-up put up.
McMaster had criticized Trump and Vice President JD Vance after their assembly with Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace. In the course of the negotiations, Trump and Vance closely criticized the Ukrainian president in a tense alternate between the 2 international locations’ leaders earlier than the U.S. president reduce the assembly brief and despatched Zelenskyy on his means.
RUSSIA REVELS IN OVAL OFFICE SPECTACLE AFTER ZELENSKYY SPARS WITH TRUMP, VANCE
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, D.C., February 28, 2025. (Getty Photographs)
“It is impossible to understand why President Trump and Vice President Vance seem determined to put more pressure on President Zelensky while they seem to be coddling Putin – the person who inflicted this terrible war in Ukraine,” McMaster mentioned Friday on X.
The blowup within the Oval Workplace was sparked by Zelenskyy’s request for safety ensures because the battle continues after Russia invaded Ukraine greater than three years in the past.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leaves the White Home after a heated assembly within the Oval Workplace in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025. (Getty Photographs)
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Russian leaders and Russian state media appeared joyous after the testy alternate.
However a number of leaders from Europe and elsewhere got here to Zelenskyy’s protection after the alternate, and the Ukrainian president thanked every of them for his or her assist on social media.
