
President Donald Trump's social media post disparaging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky—a longtime ally to the United States—sparked a harsh rebuke from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).
Trump accused Zelensky of being a "dictator without elections," and of doing "a terrible job" handling the ongoing war with Russia. The Truth Social post followed Zelensky's public rejection of Trump's recent claim that Ukraine "started" the Russian invasion.