{"id":2345100,"date":"2024-09-23T23:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-argues-zelensky-wants-harris-to-win-so-badly-as-ukrainian-leader-visits-pennsylvania-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T23:42:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:42:43","slug":"trump-argues-zelensky-wants-harris-to-win-so-badly-as-ukrainian-leader-visits-pennsylvania-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-argues-zelensky-wants-harris-to-win-so-badly-as-ukrainian-leader-visits-pennsylvania-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump argues Zelensky wants Harris to win \u2018so badly\u2019 as Ukrainian leader visits Pennsylvania &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-argues-zelensky-wants-harris-to-win-so-badly-as-ukrainian-leader-visits-pennsylvania-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2345100&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At a rally in Pennsylvania, former\u200b President Donald Trump\u200d expressed his belief that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky \u200bis politically aligned with Vice President Kamala Harris,\u200d suggesting \u2062that Zelensky is eager for her to\u2064 win the election in hopes of securing \u2063more funding for Ukraine&#8217;s war\u2064 against Russia. Trump humorously referred to\u2063 Zelensky as &#8220;the\u2063 greatest salesman in history,&#8221; noting that he leaves the\u2063 U.S. each time with \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cas-prison-guard-union-gives-1-75m-to-newsoms-anti-recall-committee-after-negotiating-bonuses-and-raises\/\" title=\"CA\u2019s Prison-Guard Union Gives .75M To Newsom\u2019s Anti-Recall Committee After Negotiating Bonuses And Raises\">significant financial support<\/a>. He criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s handling of the Ukraine conflict, stating that he\u200c would end the war quickly if \u200celected,\u2064 contrasting his approach with Harris and Biden, \u2062whom he labeled &#8220;incompetent.&#8221; Zelensky was\u2062 in the U.S. during his visit to\u200b a munitions factory in Pennsylvania,\u2063 emphasizing the importance of the\u200b state in supplying artillery for \u200bUkraine&#8217;s defense efforts. The ongoing U.S.\u200b aid to \u200dUkraine has included billions\u2063 of dollars in military and\u200d humanitarian assistance since the war&#8217;s escalation\u200c in February 2022.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump argues Zelensky wants Harris to win &lsquo;so badly&rsquo; as Ukrainian leader visits Pennsylvania<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1672554\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> indicated he believes Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> is rooting for Vice President Kamala Harris to win the election so he can get more funding for his country&rsquo;s war against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russia<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s remarks at a Pennsylvania rally on Monday evening came after Zelensky toured a Pennsylvania factory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3162266\/ukrainian-president-zelensky-visit-pennsylvania-ammunition-factory-thank-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>supplying ammunition<\/a> for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I see Zelensky is here,&rdquo; the former president told the crowd in Indiana, Pennsylvania. &ldquo;I&nbsp; think Zelensky is the greatest salesman in history. Every time he comes into the country, he walks away with $60 billion dollars. Billion! Walks in with $60 billion dollars.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump continued to tell supporters that Zelensky &ldquo;wants them &hellip; he wants them to win this election so badly,&rdquo; as he referenced the Ukrainian leader&rsquo;s alleged bias toward Harris.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ikrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, tours the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pa., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Deonte Rowell\/U.S. Army via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former president indicated that while he would immediately end the war in Ukraine and &ldquo;make a deal&rdquo; in the region if he was elected, Harris would only continue the Biden administration&rsquo;s &ldquo;incompetent&rdquo; policies that he said fueled the war.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have an incompetent leader in Biden, and we have somebody who&rsquo;s worse in this new one that they threw into the ring,&rdquo; Trump said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky commented on the importance of Pennsylvania during his visit to the state on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Scranton, Pennsylvania. I visited a plant that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-used-u-s-military-assets-to-campaign-for-harris-in-pa\/\" title=\"Zelensky Used U.S. Military Assets To Campaign For Harris in PA\">manufactures 155 mm artillery shells<\/a>. Now, for our warriors who are defending not only our country, not only Ukraine, the plant will be ramping up production,&rdquo; &nbsp;Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zelenskyyua\/status\/1837989488703779052?s=58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a post to X on Sunday. &ldquo;I began my visit to the United States by expressing my gratitude to all the employees at the plant and by reaching agreements to expand cooperation between Pennsylvania and our Zaporizhzhia.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scranton, Pennsylvania. I visited a plant that manufactures 155 mm artillery shells. Now, for our warriors who are defending not only our country, not only Ukraine, the plant will be ramping up production.<\/p>\n<p>I began my visit to the United States by expressing my gratitude to all&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OXnvqHclkM\">pic.twitter.com\/OXnvqHclkM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ &#1042;&#1086;&#1083;&#1086;&#1076;&#1080;&#1084;&#1080;&#1088; &#1047;&#1077;&#1083;&#1077;&#1085;&#1089;&#1100;&#1082;&#1080;&#1081; (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1837989488703779052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has allocated billions of dollars to Zelensky&rsquo;s fight against Russia. Following Zelensky&rsquo;s visit to the U.S. in August of 2021, the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/09\/01\/joint-statement-on-the-u-s-ukraine-strategic-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced<\/a> it would provide $60 million in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-announces-security-packages-to-aid-ukrainians\/\" title=\"Pentagon announces security packages to aid Ukrainians\">security assistance package<\/a>, $45 million in humanitarian assistance, and $12.8 million in COVID-related assistance. It also announced plans to allocate over $463 million to the country for programs focused on democracy, human rights, local governance and decentralization, privatization, and judicial reform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky&rsquo;s address to a joint session of Congress in December 2022 coincided with Biden&rsquo;s announcement that the U.S. would send Ukraine $1.85 billion in additional military assistance, including a transfer of the Patriot Air Defense System. The following September, the Ukrainian leader once again descended on Washington, D.C., with the Department of Justice declaring a new aid package <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3534283\/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>valued at up<\/a> to $325 million for the country. <\/p>\n<p>Weeks prior to the announcement, the Biden administration said it would send an additional $90.5 million in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. Following Zelensky&rsquo;s visit to the Capitol in July of this year, the Department of Defense said the Presidential Drawdown Authority package, worth $225 million, would help expand Ukraine&rsquo;s military arsenal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The war between the two countries began when Russia invaded its neighbor in February 2022. Trump, on Monday, said he could have prevented the invasion, repeating a claim he has made many times on the campaign trail, though without providing a reasoning why.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That should have never happened. It would have never happened if I was president. And you know what? It didn&rsquo;t happen,&rdquo; he told Pennsylvanians. &ldquo;I said, &lsquo;Don&rsquo;t do it, Vladimir,&rsquo;&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Ed Fry Arena, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in Indiana, Pa. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He promised the battleground state he&rsquo;d swiftly negotiate a deal to end the Ukrainian war &ldquo;if I win the election.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The first thing I&rsquo;m going to do is call up Zelensky and call up President Putin and I&rsquo;m going to say, you got to make a deal,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin recently appeared to endorse Harris, though the country&rsquo;s foreign minister later claimed he was joking. Zelensky has not endorsed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-judge-bans-trump-from-criticizing-corrupt-doj-during-campaign\/\" title=\"Left-wing judge prohibits Trump from criticizing corrupt DOJ during campaign.\">presidential candidate ahead<\/a> of November. However, he has criticized Trump&rsquo;s goal of ending the Ukraninian war in 24 hours if elected as &ldquo;not very real.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1672554\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1672554\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a rally in Pennsylvania, former President Donald Trump suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is eager for Vice President Kamala Harris to win the upcoming election in order to secure additional financial support for Ukraine&#8217;s conflict with Russia. Trump&#8217;s comments followed Zelensky&#8217;s visit to a factory in Pennsylvania that produces ammunition for Ukraine. He referred to Zelensky as &#8220;the greatest salesman in history,&#8221; claiming that each time the Ukrainian leader visits the U.S., he leaves with $60 billion. Trump asserted that Zelensky is very much hoping for a Harris victory, implying bias towards her.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky had highlighted the significance of Pennsylvania during his visit, expressing gratitude to workers at an artillery shell manufacturing plant and announcing plans to increase production there. The U.S. has provided substantial financial aid to Ukraine since Russia&#8217;s invasion began in February 2022, including military and humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Trump reiterated his belief that he could have prevented Russia\u2019s invasion if he were still president and promised voters that if elected again, he would quickly negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia by contacting both leaders directly. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to show support for Harris recently\u2014later claimed by officials as a joke\u2014Zelensky has not publicly endorsed any candidate but criticized Trump&#8217;s assertion of resolving the war within 24 hours as unrealistic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2345101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Zelensky.-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4021,3634,8630],"class_list":["post-2345100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris","tag-trump","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Zelensky.-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}