After a holiday weekend of heated exchanges between Donald Trump and Russia over Vladimir Putin’s recent attacks in Ukraine, Trump hit TRUTH Social on Tuesday with a warning.
“What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of terrible things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He’s playing with fire!” Trump posted.
In another fiery TRUTH Social post on Sunday, Trump blasted Putin’s latest actions, warning that the Russian leader’s ambitions would ultimately “lead to the downfall of Russia.”
“I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia,” Trump wrote, “but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!”
Trump condemned the escalating violence, saying Putin is “needlessly killing a lot of people—not just soldiers,” and targeting Ukrainian cities with missiles and drones “for no reason whatsoever.”
He reaffirmed his long-standing belief that Putin “wants ALL of Ukraine,” and said if that proves true, “it will wreck Russia.”
When pressed by a reporter earlier that day about what he would do to confront Putin, Trump said, “What, am I going to tell you? You’re the fake news, aren’t you?”
“I don’t like what Putin is doing—not even a little bit,” he added. “He’s killing people. Something’s happened to this guy, and I don’t like it.”
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HOLY SH*T
President Trump just went off on Putin.
— Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) May 25, 2025
Just hours later, Russia unleashed the largest drone strike of the war, according to Ukrainian officials—more than 350 drones hammering cities including Kyiv and Kharkiv.
The assault left at least 12 dead and dozens injured in what Ukraine called the worst aerial attack since the war began in February 2022.
The Kremlin has dismissed President Donald Trump’s criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin, attributing it to “emotional overload” following a series of deadly airstrikes in Ukraine.
“We are really grateful to the Americans and to President Trump personally for their assistance in organizing and launching this negotiation process,” Russian spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in response to recent remarks from Trump, according to Reuters.
“Of course, at the same time, this is a very crucial moment, which is associated, of course, with the emotional overload of everyone absolutely and with emotional reactions,” Peskov said.
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