'Zero gratitude from Ukraine...': Trump rants about 'inherited' Russia-Ukraine war, slams Europe amid talks on peace plan

US President Donald Trump criticised Ukrainian leaders and US allies in a new statement on the Truth Social app on Sunday (Nov 23), claiming Kyiv has shown “zero gratitude” for American support during the Russia-Ukraine war. He also accused European nations of continuing to buy Russian oil while the United States supplies “massive amounts of weapons” to NATO for Ukraine. “God bless all the lives that have been lost in the human catastrophe,” Trump said.

He also claimed in his post that the Russia-Ukraine war would not have occurred, and a “strong and proper US and Ukrainian leadership” could have prevented the conflict. His comments were posted in a lengthy statement on social media, where he again repeated unproven allegations that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged and stolen," adding that "there would be no Ukraine/Russia War, as there wasn’t, not even a mention, during my first Term in Office."

"The War between Russia and Ukraine is a violent and terrible one that, with strong and proper U.S. and Ukrainian LEADERSHIP, would have NEVER HAPPENED. It began long before I took office for a Second Term, during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, and has only gotten worse. If the 2020 Presidential Election was not RIGGED & STOLEN, the only thing the Radical Left Democrats are good at doing, there would be no Ukraine/Russia War, as there wasn’t, not even a mention, during my first Term in Office. Putin would never have attacked! It was only when he saw Sleepy Joe in action that he said, “Now is my chance!” The rest is history, and so it continues," he said in the post.

Calling the conflict “a war that should have never happened,” Trump said the fighting has been “a loser for everyone,” particularly for the millions affected by the humanitarian crisis. "I INHERITED A WAR THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, A WAR THAT IS A LOSER FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SO NEEDLESSLY DIED. UKRAINE “LEADERSHIP” HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS, AND EUROPE CONTINUES TO BUY OIL FROM RUSSIA. THE USA CONTINUES TO SELL MASSIVE $AMOUNTS OF WEAPONS TO NATO, FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UKRAINE (CROOKED JOE GAVE EVERYTHING, FREE, FREE, FREE, INCLUDING “BIG” MONEY!). GOD BLESS ALL THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE HUMAN CATASTROPHE! President DJT," he added in the post.