Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s “immediate escalation” all through his White Area assembly with President Trump created a “huge rift” within the dating between the 2 nations.
Gabbard joined “Fox News Sunday,” the place she weighed in at the fiery assembly between the 2 leaders as they paintings to barter an finish to the struggle with Russia.
“I can tell you, there were a lot of conversations that were happening through different emissaries both for Zelensky and for President Trump, leading up to his visit there to the Oval Office, and President Zelensky’s immediate escalation there was … frankly quite a surprise,” Gabbard stated. “This has created a huge rift in the relationship.”
Gabbard slammed Zelensky for a way he treated the location with Trump. She argued that Zelensky would best settle for a deal that ended in “what he views as Ukraine’s victory,” regardless of if it ended in a 3rd international struggle.
“President Trump is committed to peace and to freedom,” she stated. “We’re seeing this big divergence here between his position and his commitment to these values and the interests of the American people and the interests of President Zelensky and these European leaders.”
Members of the family between Trump and Zelensky have worsened in contemporary weeks, as Trump has gotten nearer to Russian President Vladimir Putin and referred to as Zelensky a dictator.
“President Trump recognizes the urgent need to end this war after three long, bloody years and has proven that he is the only person that can do this,” Gabbard stated. “President Zelensky has different aims in mind.”