Trump says Ukraine needs new president, blames Zelenskyy for diesel prices

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President Trump said Saturday that it was time for Ukraine to get a new president, suggesting the current leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not done enough to end his country's war with Russia."I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal … for some reason (Zelenskyy) never does," Mr. Trump told reporters as he was leaving the White House for a trip to Tennessee.Mr. Trump also suggested that if he had been U.S. president in 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine "would have never started.""There was no reason that the war with Ukraine and Russia started," he said. "It started due to incompetence."Zelenskyy, Mr. Trump said, has "lost 30% of your country and you've had over a million people go between the two of them, over 2 million people killed. That's a war that should have never started. And I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president."He also blamed Ukraine's recent strikes on Russian oil refineries for contributing to high diesel prices before the midterm election, despite the ongoing war in Iran.Mr. Trump said he had told Zelenskyy to "do what you want" against Russia, but "don't hit refineries." "He better damn well stop," Mr. Trump told reporters. President Trump ...

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