Donald Trump Slams Vladimir Putin as ‘Crazy’ Over Ukraine Offensive, Warns of Russia’s Downfall

Donald Trump Slams Vladimir Putin as ‘Crazy’ Over Ukraine Offensive: United States President Donald Trump has slamed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, describing him as “absolutely crazy” after Moscow launched its largest aerial attack of the war on Ukraine, killing at least 13 people.

Trump’s comments, issued on his Truth Social platform late on Sunday, marked a rare rebuke of Putin.

He also warned Moscow that any attempt at a total takeover of Ukraine would "lead to the downfall of Russia."

"I've always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I'm not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

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"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 added.

Trump has expressed admiration for Putin in the past, but has in recent weeks shown growing frustration with Moscow's position in truce negotiations with Kyiv, which are deadlocked. Earlier, the American leader also issued a rare rebuke to Putin, saying he was "not happy" with him after Moscow launched a record number of drones against Ukraine, killing 13 people across the country.

"I'm not happy with what Putin is doing. He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know what the hell happened to Putin," said Trump on the tarmac at Morristown airport before boarding Air Force One bound for Washington.

The US president warned that if Putin wants to conquer all of Ukraine, it will “lead to the downfall of Russia!” But Trump expressed frustration with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well, saying that he is “doing his Country no favours by talking the way he does.” “Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don't like it, and it better stop,” Trump wrote on social media.

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The president has increasingly voiced irritation at Putin and the inability to resolve the now three-year-old war, which Trump promised he would promptly end as he campaigned to return to the White House.

"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."

Further expressing his discontent with Ukrainian President Zelensky as well, Trump addd, “Likewise, President Zelenskyy 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.”

Trump reiterated that the war would have never started had he been the Presidet. “This is Zelenskyy’s, Putin’s, and Biden’s War, not “Trump’s,” I am only helping to put out the big and ugly fires, that have been started through Gross Incompetence and Hatred,” he said.

Trump’s remarks come after Russia launched its biggest aerial attack of the war on Ukraine so far and sent as many as 367 drones and missiles overnight on Sunday, hitting several cities across the country, including the capital Kyiv, reported Reuters.

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