“I call him PT Barnum”: Trump compares Zelenskyy to famous huckster
President Donald Trump walked right up to the line of calling Volodomyr Zelenskyy a con man on Tuesday comparing the Ukrainian president to one of history s the greater part famous hoax-peddlers In an interview with Politico Trump compared the world leader to P T Barnum the th-century showman who founded the Ringling Bros circus He s a great salesman I call him P T Barnum he stated He could sell any product at any time doesn t matter whether it works or not Trump went on to imply that former president Joe Biden was taken in by Zelenskyy saying in his unique language of winners and losers that the United States was fleeced when they signed on to help Ukraine fight a war He got crooked Joe Biden to give him billion and look what it got him he mentioned About of his country is missing Related Why JD Vance is fighting the GOP establishment over Russia Trump s attempts to broker an end to hostilities between Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly failed A new peace proposal was widely seen by European leaders as overly favorable to Russia and roundly rejected by Zelenskyy Trump revealed Ukrainian officers need to get on the ball and be more open to compromise Russia is much bigger They re much stronger Trump noted At various point size will win Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Class Trump accused Zelenskyy of prolonging the war to maintain his grip on the presidency noting that the country hasn t held an balloting since the outbreak of hostilities They haven t had an vote in a long time Trump announced You know they talk about a democracy but it gets to a point where it s not a democracy anymore Watch the interview below via YouTube Read more about this topic Don and Vlad s love story could be on the rocks Donald Trump is remaking America to be more like Putin s Russia Diplomacy by insult Donald Trump is really good at this stuff The post I call him PT Barnum Trump compares Zelenskyy to famous huckster appeared first on Salon com
