Eldest son of Donald Trump makes speculative comments during tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU

Donald Trump may walk away from the Ukrainian war, the US president’s oldest son has said in comments to a Middle East conference.

In a lengthy tirade against the purpose of continued fighting in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jr also said Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled their country leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight the war.

Trump Jr has no formal role inside his father’s administration, but is a key figure in the MAGA movement. His intervention reflects the antipathy among some inside the Trump team towards the Ukrainian government, and comes as Trump’s negotiating team is putting pressure on Kyiv to give up territory.

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    4 days ago

    I had a Ukrainian colleague who enrolled in the national guard specifically because they give you citizenship after your training and he couldn’t get kicked back like that. Now he might have to participate in the ridiculous operations this oppressive regime is now using them for :/

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      4 days ago

      the US pretending to give citizenship or safety for “help” is a tale as old as time.