Trump’s eldest son mocks Zelensky, about to ‘lose his spending money’

Since Donald Trump’s victory, all eyes have been on Ukraine, which fears being abandoned by the United States in the face of Russia. A new twist once again lends credibility to this scenario. On Instagram, Donald Jr. Trump actually implied that financial aid to Ukraine will be cut as soon as his father comes to power.

The billionaire’s eldest son had fun by sharing, on Sunday, November 10, in a story – ephemeral photo, Editor’s note – a humorous photo of Volodymyr Zelensky, looking livid, accompanied by a text: «POV [point de vue] : you are 38 days away from losing your pocket money”. This mocking photo is taken from a video posted a day earlier by Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice-presidential candidate.

“Crimea no longer exists”

The day before, one of Trump’s former advisers revealed the potential outlines of a peace plan, which do not go in the direction that Volodymyr Zelensky would like. In an interview with the BBC, Bryan Lanza declared that the priority of the future republican government was “will focus on bringing peace to Ukraine rather than allowing the country to reclaim territories occupied by Russia”. And in particular that of Crimea. «Yes, yes President Zelensky comes to the negotiating table and says that we can only have peace by keeping Crimea, he shows us that he is not serious”he clarified, adding that “Crimea no longer exists”.

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump assured that he could end the conflict in Ukraine in just “24 hours”without giving the details. Thus, in order to anticipate possible budget cuts, Joe Biden’s government announced on Sunday that it will spend the remaining six billion dollars dedicated to Ukraine before the inauguration of Donald Trump.

“Advancing our cooperation”

Despite threats from the Trump camp, Volodymyr Zelensky “adopts a conciliatory tone since his re-election in a bid to gain support from his future administration, showing what kyiv has to offer in return for US support”analyse Politico . On the day of his victory, the Ukrainian president assured that he had a «excellent» telephone conversation with him. “We agreed to maintain close dialogue and advance our cooperation”he detailed.

In a speech this week, Zelensky also declared that“it was extremely important for us in Ukraine and for all of Europe to systematically hear the words of the then 45th President of the United States about “peace through strength””. And to add: “And if this becomes the policy principle of the 47th President of the United States, America and the entire world will undoubtedly benefit.”