Trump deems Zelenskyy a 'dictator' for refusing to hold Ukrainian elections

President Donald Trump blasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a "dictator without elections" on Wednesday, after the U.S. left Ukraine out of initial peace talks with Russia this week. 

"A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left," Trump wrote on TRUTH Social. "In the meantime, we are successfully negotiating an end to the War with Russia, something all admit only ‘TRUMP,’ and the Trump Administration, can do. Biden never tried, Europe has failed to bring Peace, and Zelenskyy probably wants to keep the ‘gravy train’ going."  

Trump added, "I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible job, his Country is shattered, and MILLIONS have unnecessarily died – And so it continues….."

Zelenskyy criticized Trump earlier Wednesday in comments to reporters in Kyiv after canceling a trip to Saudi Arabia, where Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Special Envoy Ambassador Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian counterparts ot start negotiating the end of war in Ukraine.