Trump tells Ukraine to get new leader over diesel deal — SkimNews
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- President Trump on Saturday pushed back on Zelensky's criticism of the White House lifting sanctions on Russian diesel amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
- Trump told reporters outside the White House that Zelensky 'could have settled this war many times' and suggested Ukraine 'get a new leader.'
- Cross-coverage consensus across BBC, Axios, and The Hill frames Trump's remarks as an explicit call for Ukraine to replace Zelensky over the U.S.-Russia diesel/fuel deal.
- Axios and The Hill headlines show GOP lawmakers are also rejecting the diesel deal, with a House Republican invoking Reagan to move to block the Trump administration's move.
Why it matters: Trump publicly attacking Ukraine's wartime leader over a deal that members of his own party are simultaneously working to block places the administration at odds with both Kyiv and congressional Republicans, exposing the diesel sanctions lift as a politically contested break from the U.S. posture toward Zelensky.
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