Trump calls Zelenskyy a "dictator" after blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion

Washington — President Trump attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a "dictator without elections," echoing rhetoric from the Kremlin about the war in Ukraine and escalating a public feud between the two leaders.

In a post on Truth Social Wednesday, Mr. Trump lashed out at Zelenskyy, accusing him of duping the U.S. into providing billions in aid to Ukraine and misusing it. 

"Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn't be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and 'TRUMP,' will never be able to settle," Mr. Trump wrote.