Russia says Trump is suffering from ‘emotional overload’ after he called Putin 'absolutely crazy’
WASHINGTON, DC: The Kremlin is not loving President Donald Trump’s latest hot take on Russian President Vladimir Putin, and they’re chalking it up to "emotional overload."
After Trump publicly said that Putin had gone “absolutely crazy” amid one of Russia’s deadliest attacks on Ukraine to date, Moscow wasted no time in clapping back. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov subtly roasted the president’s state of mind, Time reported.
“We are really grateful to the Americans and to President Trump personally for their assistance in organising and launching this negotiation process,” Peskov said diplomatically, but then added, “At the same time, this is a very crucial moment, which is associated, of course, with the emotional overload of everyone absolutely and with emotional reactions."
Moscow's comments came just after they launched a wave of aerial strikes across Ukraine.
Donald Trump turns on Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump, who has long boasted about his cozy rapport with Vladimir Putin, suddenly sounds like he’s had enough. Speaking to reporters on a tarmac in New Jersey on Sunday, Trump couldn’t hide his disgust with the Russian leader’s military offensive.
"I'm not happy with what Putin's doing. He's killing a lot of people,” Trump said.
“I don't know what the hell happened to Putin, I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him. But he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all. We're in the middle of talking, and he's shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities. I don't like it at all. I'm very surprised," he added.
When pressed about his next move, Trump said, “We’ll see what we’re going to do.”
In a Truth Social post later that day, the commander-in-chief fumed, “[Putin] has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers.”
He warned that Putin might not just want a piece of Ukraine, but the whole country. “I’ve always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that’s proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia," he continued.
Trump made sure to throw some heat at Ukraine’s president, too. “Likewise, President Zelensky is doing his country no favors by talking the way he does. Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop," he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky demands action
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on Monday that Russia had fired off 355 drones in attacks stretching from Chernihiv to Khmelnytskyi.
Nine cruise missiles were also used in what marked the third consecutive night of strikes.
“Like any criminal, Russia can only be constrained by force,” Zelensky said. “Only through strength, the strength of the United States, of Europe, of all nations that value life, can these attacks be stopped and real peace achieved.”
Zelensky also renewed his push for harsher sanctions against Moscow. “Russia must end its war. And for that to happen, we must deprive them of the resources that fuel their will to fight," he said.
The Ukrainian leader had already expressed frustration over US inaction the day before, calling America out for its “silence” and warning that Russia’s aggression “cannot be ignored.”
From bromance to frustration
Donald Trump’s sudden shift in tone is remarkable. After all, he once blushed when Vladimir Putin called him “a colorful, talented person” back in 2015. Trump responded at the time by saying it was a “great honor” coming from the “highly respected” Russian president.
By 2016, he was jokingly urging Putin to help dig up dirt on Hillary Clinton during the US election, something many took as a brazen call for foreign interference.
In fact, Trump and Putin were on the phone just last week. According to Putin’s adviser Yuri Ushakov, the two leaders had a long, friendly chat where “neither of them wanted to end the conversation," NBC News reported.
But things on the battlefield aren’t reflecting any of that warmth. Russia is stepping up its aggression, seemingly more interested in breaking Ukraine’s defenses than striking a peace deal.
Putin himself said last week that his military is working on creating a “security buffer zone” along the Russian-Ukrainian border, further signaling that he has no plans to back off anytime soon.
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