Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) slammed President Trump over the struggle in Ukraine on Sunday, additionally saying 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 alongside 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 not too long ago had a tense Oval Workplace assembly that despatched shockwaves via Washington and the world. The assembly featured shouting and finger-pointing, with the Ukrainian chief and the president arguing over U.S. assist for Ukraine.
Following the assembly, Trump mentioned 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 set to be signed was additionally postpone following the assembly.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) mentioned in a current interview that Zelensky had achieved an entire “about-face” concerning 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 mentioned on John Catsimatidis’s radio present “Cats Roundtable.”
The Hill has reached out to the White Home for remark.
