Sen. Bernie Sanders Calls Trump Out For Meeting With Zelenskyy, Condemns Oligarchy

In a pungent meeting on Sunday,Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) condemned President Donald Trump’s conference chastising Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy and increased down on describing Trump’s management as an oligarchy.

“Zelenskyy is leading a country, trying to defend democracy against an authoritarian dictator, Putin, who invaded his country. I think millions of Americans are embarrassed, are ashamed, that you have a president of the United States who says that Ukraine started the war, that Zelenskyy is a dictator. He’s got it exactly backwards,” Sanders informed NBC News’ Kristen Welker on “Meet The Press.” He likewise claimed it was a “horrific suggestion” for Republicans to ask for Zelenskyy’s resignation.

“The people of Ukraine have lost tens of thousands of soldiers. Their cities are being bombed as we speak. And our job is to defend the 250-year tradition that we have of being the democratic leader of the world, not turn our backs on a struggling country that is trying to do the right thing,” Sanders included.

On Friday, Trump, Vice President JD Vance and a member of the right-wing mediaberated Zelenskyy during his Oval Office visit in which they resulted from discuss a mineral civil liberties offer adhering to help that America provided to Ukraine when Russian oppressor Vladimir Putin introduced a full-fledged intrusion of the nation start in February 2022.

(It’s worth keeping in mind that Trump baselesslycalled Zelenskyy a dictator last month However, paradoxically, Trump has consistently praised Putin and other well-knowndictators.)

Video of the conference, which did not cause an arrangement, triggered prevalent criticism of Trump and Vance’s handling of the scenario.

Echoing his previous cases cautioning Americans of the threats of Trump’s management, which he calls an oligarchy, Sanders on Sunday likewise took purpose at the management for focusing on the rate of interests of the affluent as opposed to Americans in its entirety.

He after that supplied guidance to Democrats, that he asserted “have been playing dead for too many years.” (Political planner James Carville recommended that Democrats “play dead” throughout Trump’s management to make Americans miss them, however Sanders had a varying viewpoint.)

“I think you stand up for the working class in this country and make the point that right now the Trump administration is clearly an administration designed to represent the interest of the Musks of the world,” Sanders claimed. “Thirteen of the people that he nominated to head agencies are billionaires.”

“What we have right now in Washington, let me be very clear, is a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class, and for the billionaire class. And,” he included, “their greed is uncontrollable: more tax breaks for billionaires, cuts to programs for the elderly, the children, and the poor. We’ve got to fight back.”

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