After Trump falsely called Zelenskyy a "dictator" – for legally postponing an election last year — and as reports emerged of US and Russian officials meeting in Saudi Arabia to discuss a possible ceasefire without input from Ukraine, even some of Zelenskyy's domestic opponents have begun defending him.

You should have never started it. You could have made a deal” — after three years of war, Donald Trump sudden turn against Volodymyr Zelenskyy leaves Ukraine facing a trial

Trump’s relationship with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly soured as Trump called Zelenskyy a "dictator" and said he "started" the country’s war with Russia, a claim we rated Pants on Fire.