Donald Trump’s brazen bid to memory hole his derogatory comments about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy drew disbelief on social media Thursday.
The U.S. president — while taking questions from reporters — was asked if he still thought Zelenskyy is a “dictator.”
“Did I say that?” Trump replied.
“I can’t believe I said that,” he added, before calling for: “Next question.”
Critics online pointed out that, yes, Trump has indeed called Zelenskyy a dictator on multiple occasions, even on his own Truth Social platform.
They brought receipts and also suggested Trump was either knowingly lying or in cognitive decline.
Trump has also recently falsely blamed Ukraine for starting its ongoing conflict with Russia, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin launching the invasion of its neighbor in 2022.
Trump, during the 2024 campaign, vowed to end the war on his first day back in the White House. That didn’t happen. He has brokered peace talks between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia, but Ukrainian officials were furious about not being involved in the meeting to discuss their nation’s future.
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