Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Trump Calls for New Ukraine President, Criticizes Zelensky
Donald Trump said Ukraine should choose a new president who could make a deal to end the war with Russia.
He criticized Ukraine's current president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump also said the war would not have started if he had been US president in 2022.
He blamed the war's start on incompetence.
Trump made claims about territory lost and people killed, but these were his statements.
Zelensky had criticized a diesel deal involving the United States and Russia.
Trump said Russia would supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to markets.
The two leaders expressed sharply different views about the deal and how to bring the war to an end.
Donald Trump said Saturday that Ukraine should get a new president who could make a deal to end the war.
Trump criticized Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he had not made a deal and blaming incompetence for the war's start.
Trump claimed the war would not have begun if he had been US president in 2022.
Trump cited losses of territory and deaths, but those figures were his claims in the remarks.
Zelensky criticized a US-Russia diesel deal as unworthy of partners, while Trump said Russia would supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel.
- Who
- US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- What
- Trump called for Ukraine to get a new president and criticized Zelensky's handling of efforts to end the war.
- When
- Saturday; the second report was published October 10, 2026.
- Where
- The White House, where Trump made the remarks.
- Why
- Trump said Zelensky had not made a deal to end the war.
Trump's position
Zelensky's position
Ukraine's leadership and peace deal
Trump's position
Trump said Ukraine needed a new leader who could make a deal, and criticized Zelensky for not doing so.
Zelensky's position
The reports do not include a direct response from Zelensky to Trump's call for a new president.
Diesel deal with Russia
Trump's position
Trump said the deal would bring more than 300,000 tons of Russian diesel to American and global markets.
Zelensky's position
Zelensky called the deal unworthy of partners and a weak decision, and said Russia responded by attacking Ukraine.
- Trump's proposal
- He said Ukraine should get a new leader who could make a deal.
- Trump's claim about 2022
- He said the war would not have started if he had been US president.
- Territory and death toll
- Trump claimed Ukraine had lost 30% of its territory and cited more than two million deaths; these were claims in his remarks.
- Diesel announcement
- Trump said Russia would immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to American and global markets.
- Zelensky's response
- Zelensky called the diesel deal unworthy of partners and a weak decision.
- Reported attack
- Zelensky said Russia dropped five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia.
