Silent shock and audible groans ran through many Ukrainian New Yorkers last month when President Donald Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator.”
Those same reactions occurred several days later at the Oval Office when Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance verbally berated Zelenskyy, whom the Vice President accused of not saying “thank you” enough for the United States’ support of Ukraine — though Zelenskyy had publicly thanked Americans for their support at least 33 times.
