UK And EU Leaders Blast Trump’s Attack On Zelensky

Politico Europe reports:

“It is simply wrong and dangerous to deny President Zelenskyy’s democratic legitimacy,” said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday night. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called Zelenskyy on Wednesday night and, according to a readout released by Downing Street, told the Ukrainian president that he supports him “as Ukraine’s democratically elected leader and said that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during war time as the U.K. did during World War II.”

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who’s clashed with Trump over his insistent warnings he could acquire the Danish territory of Greenland, said she didn’t understand the U.S. president’s “attack” on Zelenskyy, local media reported. Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson also emphasized that Ukraine’s leader is democratically elected, while Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre said Trump’s comment about Zelenskyy being a dictator was “deeply unreasonable.”

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz publicly expresses his full support for Zelenskyy after Trump’s “remarks”. It’s simply wrong & dangerous to deny Zelenskyy’s democratic legitimacy. He is the elected head of state and, according to the Ukrainian constitution, there should be no elections… https://t.co/cqWtq7aCen pic.twitter.com/Uf6Vj4XYPE

— German Aid to Ukraine (@deaidua) February 19, 2025