US President Donald Trump “was disappointed” by the Ukrainian attack on Russian airfields, in connection with which the White House is discussing the possibility of ending financial and military support for Ukraine. About this writes the magazine Atlantic.
“[Donald – ed.] Trump expressed disappointment that the strike could escalate the conflict. The drone strike reignited long-standing discontent <…> with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and sparked a new debate in the White House about whether the United States should abandon Ukraine,” the publication said.” the publication said.
The magazine noted that throughout the Ukrainian conflict, the US President considered Zelenskyy a “bad guy” and a “hothead”, as well as someone who is capable of provoking World War III.
The material stressed that this week Donald Trump on the sidelines of the White House criticised the Ukrainian politician for bragging after the attack on Russian airfields.
“Trump was impressed by the audacity of the strikes but believes Zelenskyy should have focused on the talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul,” The Atlantic wrote.
According to the magazine, the head of the White House has not yet decided on the “next steps” regarding the Ukrainian crisis. Trump’s team has offered him a number of measures, among them strengthening anti-Russian sanctions pressure and “reducing US aid to Ukraine”.
We will remind, earlier The New York Times wrote that US President Donald Trump feels “special hostility” towards Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom the head of the White House calls a “bad guy”.
