Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) slammed President Trump over the conflict in Ukraine on Sunday, additionally pronouncing that Russian President Vladimir Putin shouldn’t be awarded “for all the awful things that have happened to the Ukrainian people.”
“Trump has been wrong in the way he’s handled this, I want to give Brian credit, as co-chair of the Ukrainian caucus, for standing up and saying, ‘You cannot reward a dictator.’… Putin is the dictator,” Suozzi instructed CBS Information’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation” in an interview along Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.).
“Putin invaded. Zelensky is democratically elected. We cannot reward the guy responsible for murdering, for kidnapping, for raping, for all the awful things that have happened to the Ukrainian people. We all need to stand up for the Ukrainian people,” he added.
Zelensky, Trump and Vice President Vance just lately had a stressful Oval Place of work assembly that despatched shockwaves thru Washington and the arena. The assembly featured shouting and finger-pointing, with the Ukrainian chief and the president arguing over U.S. beef up for Ukraine.
Following the assembly, Trump stated on his Fact Social platform that the Ukrainian president “is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations.” A minerals deal between the U.S. and Ukraine that was once set to be signed was once additionally do away with following the assembly.
Area Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Los angeles.) stated in a contemporary interview that Zelensky had finished a whole “about-face” in regards to the deal.
“I’m really grateful and glad that Zelensky, in the last several days, has done an about-face. He’s effectively apologized for all that. And he said, ‘Oh no, no, we would like that deal after all.’ I think he had a rude awakening,” Johnson stated on John Catsimatidis’s radio display “Cats Roundtable.”
The Hill has reached out to the White Area for remark.
