President Donald Trump said Saturday that it was “time for Ukraine to get a new president,” warning Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop attacking Russian oil refineries as the two leaders clashed over a U.S. deal with Moscow.
“It’s time for Ukraine to get a new president,” Trump told reporters outside the White House before heading to a rally in Tennessee.
Trump accused Zelenskyy of making global fuel problems worse by continuing to authorize strikes on Russian refineries.
“He’d better d— well stop,” Trump said.
The president argued that Ukraine should avoid targeting Russian refineries because of the potential impact on global energy supplies.
“We said, ‘you can do whatever you want to Russia, don’t hit the refineries’, because that’s a world problem that’s caused,” Trump said.
Trump also criticized Zelenskyy for failing to reach an agreement to end the war, which began when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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