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Waltz: Ukraine needs to 'tone it down' amid 'frustration' with Zelensky

Feb 20, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -49% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Trump has said he wants Kyiv to give some $500 billion worth of rare earth elements to the U.S. as a way of repaying the economic and military aid Washington has provided since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
26% : Trump responded Tuesday with unfounded allegations that Zelensky "started" the war, with the Ukrainian leader responding Wednesday that the U.S. president was living in a "web of disinformation.
26% : " Vance criticized Zelensky's retort to Trump, telling the Daily Mail on Wednesday, "The idea that Zelensky is going to change the president's mind by badmouthing him in public media ... everyone who knows the president will tell you that is an atrocious way to deal with this administration.
15% : " Trump took to Truth Social hours later, calling Zelensky a "dictator without election" who was doing a "terrible job.
12% : National security adviser Mike Waltz said Thursday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky needs to "tone it down" amid his escalating feud with President Trump.

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