Donald Trump Jr has shared a mocking video warning Volodymyr Zelensky that he will ‘lose his allowance’ when his father returns to office, as fears mount in Ukraine over what a Trump presidency will mean for US support in the war against Russia.
This weekend saw the largest drone attacks by Russia and Ukraine since the war began, with the barrages impacting large swathes of each country and hundreds of drones downed, including in the Moscow region.
Russian air strikes have killed at least six people in southern Ukraine today, with missiles slamming into homes and most of the country under air raid alerts as bombers hovered above.
Strikes have intensified amid expectations that Trump will put pressure on both sides to end the conflict, after the president-elect repeatedly said throughout his campaign that he could end the war ‘in a day’, without saying how.
Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin following his election victory last week and advised him not to escalate the war, a source familiar with the conversation said last night, as President Joe Biden is expected to urge Trump not to abandon Kyiv., including in the Moscow region.
The Republican and his supporters have roundly criticised the scale of US military and financial support for Kyiv, and he previously labelled Zelensky ‘the greatest salesman on Earth.’
The US has provided roughly $106 billion in aid directly to the government in Kyiv, a figure which includes military and financial aid as well as humanitarian support, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.
On Saturday, Trump Jr shared a meme showing a solemn-looking Zelensky stood next to Trump as dollar bills fall around him, with the text on the clip reading: ‘POV: You’re 38 Days from losing you’re allowance.’
The clip was posted on Instagram by Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, and references January 20, the day Trump will return to the White House as the 47th President.
Trump Jr also said over the weekend that there is no place in his father’s administration for ‘war hawks’.
