Volodymyr Zelensky is currently in the United States on his first state visit since the Russian invasion in February. The Joe Biden administration is giving the war-torn country aids worth $1.85 billion, which will also include the hi-tech Patriot missile defense system.
While many are hailing the Ukraine president as an ambassador of democracy throughout the world, there are people in the US who are not happy with their government giving billions in aids to the eastern European country while their own nation deals with economic woes.
Check out some of the reactions to the 44-year-old’s US visit:
The most high-profile criticism of Zelenksy has come from Donald Trump Jr., who called the eastern European leader an “ungrateful international welfare queen”. Check out his tweet right here:
The Ukraine President was not the only one who was ridiculed for the West spenind billions in aids to his country. Earlier, his wife, Olena Zelenska, was accused of going on a $40,000 shopping spree in Paris when she visited the country earlier this month. However, numerous publications fact-checked the claims and reported that they were based on unsubstantiated rumours.
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Zelenska was trolled on social media, with one user saying, “”I’m glad that we are sending billions of our tax money so Zelensky’s wife can go on $42,500 shopping spree in Paris,” further adding, “F*** Zelensky and his corrupt regime and everyone who supports them.”
Zelensky, however, has been met with heartwarming response by the US Congress when he visited the Capitol. He was handed the US flag flown on the Capitol by Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Ukraine President handed them a flag of his country that has been signed by soldiers fighting in Bakhmut.
