In a sharply worded post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump lashed out at Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky for what he characterized as inflammatory and counterproductive rhetoric amid an escalating phase in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Trump’s remarks came in response to Zelensky’s recent rebuke of Western nations-especially the United States-for what the Ukrainian leader described as “silence” in the face of a massive new wave of Russian airstrikes.

“Everything out of his mouth causes problems,” Trump wrote on May 26. “Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop.” The statement underscored a growing frustration from the former and possibly future American leader, who has long maintained that the war in Ukraine would have been avoided entirely had he remained in office.

Trump’s comments mark a new low in the public relationship between the two leaders. Once seen as reluctant allies during the early years of the conflict and impeachment saga, Trump and Zelensky now appear firmly at odds over how the war should be addressed and resolved.

The immediate catalyst for Trump’s broadside was Zelensky’s recent accusation that the US and other Western allies have responded too passively to Russia’s latest military escalation. Following a series of deadly drone and missile strikes across Ukraine, Zelensky warned that inaction from Western powers could embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“America’s silence, the silence of others in the world, only encourages Putin,” Zelensky stated during a national address,........

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