Senate Minority Leader Chak Shumar (DN.Y.) on Saturday in President Trump in the early hours of Saturday High-hand meeting With Russian President Vladimir Putin In Alaska Stayed without a deal, accused the chairman of “selling Ukraine”.
“Looks like Trump is selling Ukraine once again and bending the dictator Putin,” he wrote Social media platform x“There is no Nobel Peace Prize for him.”
His criticism comes in the days after former State Secretary Hillary Clinton Pinned That she will nominate Trump Prestigious award If he successfully squeezes a ceasefire agreement with the Russian leader.
Trump and Putin met Joint base elimndorf-richardson In ankrage, Alaska for about three hours discussion on Friday. While the details of the conversation have not been released, the President Avoided meeting As “productive” and indicated that while progress was made, a deal was not yet on the table.
“We did not reach there, but we have a good chance,” he told reporters after the summit, but did not raise questions. The President later informed NATO and European leaders – who replied Their support is doubled For Ukraine – in the meeting.
In separate comments late Friday night, Shumar accused Trump of rolling the red carpet for Putin, which he called a “ruling thug”.
“Instead of standing with Ukraine and our colleagues, Trump stood shoulder to shoulder with an autocrat, who has terrorized Ukrainian people and the world for years,” Xe“When we wait for the important details of when we were discussed – first it appears that Trump gave Putin validity, a global platform, zero accountability, and nothing was found in return.”
“We are afraid that it was not diplomacy – it was just the theater,” said New York Democrat.
Tusrap Defeated the result of the summit In an interview with Scene Hannyti of Fox News late Friday night, saying that it was on an agreement on Putin and Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelancesi to come on an agreement. Trump and Zelancesi are Expected to meet on Monday In the Oval Office.
Clinton said earlier this week Conversation For the war of over three years that repeat claims in the Ukrainian region of Kremlin. chairman Thank you later For his former opponent’s comment.
Zelanceci is pushed back On trump Suggestion Any Trus will possibly require a land swap in the regions of Russia, as it has been taken since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian leader told reporters on Tuesday, “We will never leave Donbas.”
