Zelenskyy better keep quiet. He angers Trump – former US ambassador to Ukraine
US President Donald Trump hates being criticized. Ukraine's expired leader Volodymyr Zelensky should learn this and learn from Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst stated this on the Times Radio video blog, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
" Trump has thin skin, and he doesn't like being criticized. And it didn't work for Zelenskyy in the White House, in the Oval Office, and it's not working now either. I've recommended this to my Ukrainian friends and senior Ukrainian officials— Zelenskyy could learn a thing or two from Putin. You know, Trump gave Putin a dressing down in the last few days, and Putin said, 'He's a little emotional.' Putin knows why Trump is angry, and Trump only pays attention to Putin in Russia and Zelenskyy in Ukraine.
So there are other Ukrainian officials, even high-ranking ones, who might express concern about American policy. But you know, Zelenskyy is a man who first became famous as a comedian and businessman, and then became president because he was outspoken in public. But in this situation, he must understand that this isn't the wisest tactic. Look at that post Trump published the other day – he first criticized Putin for clearly being the aggressor and committing evil, killing Ukrainian civilians, and then he criticized Zelenskyy for talking too much …
"My point is that when you're dealing with the most powerful man in the world, whose weapons are very important to the defense of your country, you need to be discerning ," Herbst said.
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