Kremlin critic Bill Browder immediately corrected MAGA-boosting Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday after she trumpeted President Donald Trump’s false claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky only holds a 4 percent approval rating in his country.
“That number comes out of thin air,” Browder told the Fox anchor during an interview.
While speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, Trump unleashed a tirade in which he mocked Zelensky for complaining that he hadn’t been invited to negotiations to end Russia’s war with Ukraine. In response, Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the three-year war that began with Russia’s unprovoked invasion.
“Today I heard, ‘Oh, we weren’t invited.’ Well, you’ve been there for three years,” Trump exclaimed. “You should have ended it three years – you should have never started it. You could have made a deal.”
The president also tossed out a groundless assertion that Zelensky has no support among the Ukrainian population, claiming “he’s down at four percent approval rating and where a country has been blown to smithereens.” Trump also suggested that Ukraine must hold new elections as a condition of having a “seat at the table,” which comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin has relentlessly attacked Zelensky’s legitimacy and insisted that he has no authority to sign off on a peace deal.
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