Trump wrote that Putin is “completely crazy” and Zelensky’s statements do not help Ukraine

State media omitted the part about Putin in their retellings

US President Donald Trump criticized the presidents of Russia and Ukraine Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky. He stated that he had always had "a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin, but something happened to him." Speaking about Zelensky, Trump reproached him for the fact that his statements do not help Ukraine.

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Trump says Putin is 'senselessly killing a lot of people'

“[Putin] has gone completely CRAZY! He senselessly kills a lot of people, and I'm not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are targeting cities in Ukraine for no reason. I have always said that he wants all of Ukraine, not just part of it, and perhaps this is true, but if he really tries to do this, it will lead to the collapse of Russia! Likewise, President Zelensky is not helping his country at all by speaking the way he speaks. Everything he says is problematic - I don't like it and it has to stop," Trump wrote .

In addition, the US President once again stated that this war would never have started if he were president. Trump traditionally called it a war between Zelensky, Putin and his predecessor Joe Biden.

A few hours earlier, he made similar statements while speaking to reporters before boarding a plane. He says he wonders “what the hell happened” to Putin. “We are negotiating, and at this time he is launching missiles at Kiev and other cities. I don’t like it at all,” Trump said.

The US President also said that he is “absolutely” considering introducing new sanctions against Russia. He had threatened them before, but later changed his mind. Thus, according to a Financial Times source, after a telephone conversation with Putin , he made it clear that he was “not ready to put more pressure” on him to finally sit down at the negotiating table.

The Kremlin called Trump’s words about Putin “emotional overload,” and state media omitted them in their retellings

These statements came after Russia carried out massive strikes on Ukraine over the weekend. At least 10 people were killed in Russian attacks on Saturday night. On Sunday night, the Russian army, according to the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, launched 298 drones and 69 missiles across Ukraine. 12 people died. As the Agency notes , this attack surpassed in scale the most intense Russian air raids on Ukraine since the beginning of a full-scale war.

Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov called them a response to the Ukrainian attacks. “We see how Ukrainians are hitting our social infrastructure, peaceful infrastructure. This is a retaliatory strike. And the strike is precisely on military installations, on military targets,” he said.

Speaking about Trump’s publication, Peskov said that it was associated with “emotional overload.” He also said that the Russian president “makes the decisions that are necessary to ensure the security of our country.”

“The start of the negotiation process, for which the American side has made great efforts, is a very important achievement. We are truly grateful to the Americans and personally to President Trump <…>. Of course, at the same time, this is a very important moment, which is associated with the emotional overload of absolutely everyone and with emotional reactions,” Peskov said.

Russian state media, while retelling Trump’s post, omitted the part in which he criticizes Putin, Mediazona noted . Most of them released news about the publication with headlines in the spirit of “Zelensky is constantly creating problems for Ukraine with his statements.” RIA Novosti and TASS only wrote that Trump “expressed dissatisfaction with the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine,” and Kommersant interrupted his quote with the words that “something happened to Putin.” Only RBC gave Trump’s full statement, omitting the words about “crazy” Putin at the end of the news.

Photo: US President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Washington, DC, USA, April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

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