US official says Trump's frustration with Zelenskyy is 'multifold'...

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.
37% : 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.
19% : 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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