Donald Trump made clear that his personal grudge with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky hasn’t abated during a phone interview with NBC News.

Speaking with Meet the Press anchor Kristen Welker on Saturday, the president knocked Zelensky for offering assistance to the U.S. and Middle Eastern countries, the latter of which the Ukrainian president said on Friday were seeking his aid in sharing drone detection technology.

The “last person we need help from is Zelensky,” Trump told Welker.

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    8 hours ago

    Why would Zelensky even bother?
    Its clear Tramp is no ally.

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      But Iran is a Russian supplier, so strategically, the more US can burn through Iran military capability, the less they have to give to Russia.

      Also, the longer the strait is blocked, the better Russia can do in the fossil fuel export situation. So Iran suffering military losses and the strait being open as soon as possible are also strategic imperatives for Ukraine.

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      7 hours ago

      No point reasoning with trump, no point pushing him away.

      He is doing the smart thing - milking trump of every last drop of military aid that he can get.

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      8 hours ago

      At this point I think Zelensky just is doing whatever he thinks he can to try to stop any changes of the US changing sides and teaming with Russia

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        stop any changes of the US changing sides and teaming with Russia

        Too late.