National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said that Ukraine needs to “tone down” criticism of President Donald Trump and sign economic deals that they think are “the best security guarantee they can expect.” He told the news.
Waltz spoke about “Fox & Friends” the day after Ukrainian President Voldymi Zelenkie suggested that Trump was in a “disinformation space” about peace talks with Russia. Trump responded by calling Zelensky a “no election dictator” and writing in a true social post that says “Zelensky is moving fast or that he will not leave the country.”
“Why are we receiving this pushback and certainly as the Vice President said, as all governments have gone through his first term, as they have been budded in the press, so it's been in Ukraine's first term. It is unacceptable that all the US did to the United States. Waltz spoke about Ukraine on Thursday.
“There's clearly a lot of frustration here,” he added. “Vice President Vance was very annoyed at leaving. [last week’s] Munich Security Conference. The Treasury Secretary, who traveled all the way to Kiev, is also frustrated. Obviously, his frustration is on top of the well-known president. The US will co-invest in Ukraine, invest in its economy, invest in natural resources, and become Ukraine's future partner in a truly sustainable way, but I think it's the best security another palette of ammunition Much more and guarantee they can expect. ”
Trump calls Ukraine's Zelensky a “no-election dictator” as the rift spreads
Donald Trump, then-Republican presidential candidate, will meet Ukrainian President Voldimi Zelensky at Trump Tower on September 27, 2024 in New York City. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The United States has sent billions of dollars of military aid to Ukraine since Russia began its full-scale invasion almost three years ago.
The Trump administration is now trying to reclaim the costs of aid sent to war-torn countries by gaining access to rare earth minerals such as titanium, iron and uranium.
Treasury Secretary Scott Becent gave Zelenkiy the document when they met last week.
Republican senators support Trump's demands for the Ukrainian election, but are not called Zelenki's “dictator”
US envoys for a speech by Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg and Ukrainian President Voldymi Zelenki during their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine on Thursday, February 20th. (ap/evgeniy maloletka)
However, Zelenskyy refused to sign the proposed agreement and informed the Associated Press in Munich that it did not provide sufficient security assurances for its country.
“The president also said how much he loves the people of Ukrainians,” Waltz said Thursday. “He armed them first in his first term. He said we have done a lot to help Ukraine security and are trying to change the nature of aid in the future.
Zelensky said Thursday there would be a “productive meeting” with Keith Kellogg, the US special envoy for Russia and Ukraine in Kiev.
Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky will hold a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine on Wednesday, February 19th. (Tetiana Dzhafarova, pool photo via the AP)
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“We are grateful to the United States for all the support and bipartisan support for the Ukrainian and Ukrainian people,” Zelensky wrote in X, “The situation on the battlefield, how to return prisoners, and how But there was a detailed conversation. Effective security guarantees.”
Ashley Carnahan of Fox News contributed to this report.
