This week, Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia, echoing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric — even though it was Putin who ordered the invasion of Ukraine. In a Truth Social post Wednesday, Trump called Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections."

The divide between the U.S. and our allies is growing over Russia's war in Ukraine due to President Trump's comments about Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and his refusal to call Russian President Putin a dictator.