Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 2/20/25
Headline: “Opinion | Good on the media for calling out President Trump’s falsehoods on Ukraine”
“Just when you thought our politics couldn’t get any more bizarre and divisive and distressing, something else transpired.
“As happens far too often these days, it was something said by President Donald Trump.
“In a truly stunning post on Truth Social, Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ‘A Dictator without Elections.’ He also called Zelenskyy a ‘modestly successful comedian’ and, just as he did a day earlier, seemingly blamed Zelenskyy for starting the war with Russia even though it was Russia that invaded Ukraine. Trump wrote that Zelenskyy ‘talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn’t be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and “TRUMP,” will never be able to settle.’ ”
“In a positive sign, the media appropriately and responsibly covered Trump’s comments. . .”