Mike Waltz says Trump is 'frustrated' with Zelenskyy and blasts 'insults' from Ukraine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : "There needs to be a deep appreciation for what the American people and the American taxpayer, what President Trump did in his first term and what we've done since.
39% : " "His frustration with President Zelenskyy that you heard is multifold," Waltz said Thursday of Trump.
36% : Waltz noted that Trump is also frustrated that Zelenskyy rejected an offer presented last week by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that would have given the U.S. access to Ukraine's critical minerals as repayment for U.S. support during the war as well as future aid for Ukraine.
35% : Asked whether Trump believed Putin or Zelenskyy was more responsible for the grinding war, Waltz offered a roundabout response.
35% : "His goal here is to bring this war to an end, period," Waltz said of Trump.
33% : The comments from White House national security adviser Mike Waltz came a day after Trump described Zelenskyy as a "dictator" and warned that he "better move fast" to negotiate an end to the war or risk not having a nation to lead.
33% : Zelenskyy earlier Wednesday had said Trump was living in a Russian-made "disinformation space.
30% : Trump has been pushing for a peace deal between the two countries while blaming Zelenskyy for allowing the war to start in the first place - not mentioning that Putin ordered the invasion of a sovereign nation.
29% : Trump earlier this week suggested Ukraine was to blame for starting the war even though the smaller nation was invaded by Russia in February 2022.
18% : There's some of the rhetoric coming out of Kyiv, frankly, and insults to President Trump (that) were unacceptable.
15% : Trump dispatched Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Waltz to engage in preliminary talks in Saudi Arabia with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and Putin's foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov. Zelenskyy and some European officials criticized Trump for holding the talks without Ukrainian or European representatives at the table.
9% : " Waltz, speaking at a White House press briefing, did not respond when asked whether Trump sees Russian President Vladimir Putin as a dictator and didn't directly answer a separate question about whether Trump thinks Zelenskyy or Putin is more responsible for the war.

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