{"id":2409092,"date":"2025-03-03T14:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-hr-mcmaster-after-he-accused-him-appeasing-putin\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:57:53","slug":"trump-slams-hr-mcmaster-after-he-accused-him-appeasing-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-hr-mcmaster-after-he-accused-him-appeasing-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump slams HR McMaster after he accused him appeasing Putin"},"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\">20<\/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-slams-hr-mcmaster-after-he-accused-him-appeasing-putin%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=2409092&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>Former President\u200d Donald Trump has recently clashed with former National\u200d security Advisor \u2062H.R. McMaster after McMaster accused him of \u2062pressuring \u200bUkrainian President Volodymyr zelensky \u2064while appeasing russian \u200cPresident Vladimir Putin.\u200c In a series of posts \u200don Truth Social, \u200dTrump labeled McMaster as\u2064 a &#8220;weak and totally ineffective loser&#8221; \u200din response to the criticism. McMaster, now a CBS News contributor, suggested that Putin\u200b benefits from the pressure on Ukraine with no reciprocal pressure on Russia, pointing \u2062out \u2063past instances of aggression against Ukraine \u200cunder\u200c various U.S.\u2064 administrations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump defended \u200dhis record, claiming to be the only president\u2064 not to\u200d concede any Ukrainian territory to \u200cRussia, even though Zelensky\u2062 disputed \u2063this by highlighting instances of Putin&#8217;s \u200dviolations of agreements during Trump&#8217;s \u200dpresidency. The disagreement escalated during a recent Oval office meeting, where Zelensky&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">comments prompted \u2064accusations<\/a> from Vice President JD Vance\u200d that he\u200c was being\u2064 disrespectful toward Trump. The situation \u2063has led to ongoing criticism\u2062 of Trump, with some labeling him a supporter of Putin, which his team has denied. \u2063The discourse emphasizes a growing\u200d divide in perspectives on \u2063U.S. foreign policy towards Russia and Ukraine.  <\/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 slams HR McMaster after he accused him appeasing Putin<\/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_2024547\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> continues defending himself amid the fallout from the tense Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Volodymyr Zelensky\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>He took to Truth Social on Monday with a series of posts lashing out at his critics, particularly H.R. McMaster, who served as national security adviser during Trump&rsquo;s first term.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;H.R. McMaster is a weak and totally ineffective loser!&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114096103832487629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> in all caps.<\/p>\n<p>That was a response to McMaster&rsquo;s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> in which the retired general <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LTGHRMcMaster\/status\/1895565489331646495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">accused<\/a> Trump of piling pressure on Zelensky while &ldquo;coddling&rdquo; Vladimir Putin. McMaster also tackled Trump on CBS&rsquo;s <em>60 Minutes<\/em>, saying the Russian president loved the spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Vladimir Putin couldn&rsquo;t be happier,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-zelenskyy-us-ukraine-relationship-60-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> McMaster, now a CBS News contributor. &ldquo;Because what he sees is all of the pressure on Zelensky, all of the pressure on Ukraine, and no pressure on him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McMaster was replaced as national security adviser by John Bolton in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who has a long history of hurling insults at his rivals, also restated his case that the United States should be more concerned with domestic affairs and less concerned about foreign ones.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We should spend less time worrying about Putin, and more time worrying about migrant rape gangs, drug lords, murderers, and people from mental institutions entering our Country &ndash; So that we don&rsquo;t end up like Europe!&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114096104536926329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In yet another post, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114098529870362771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> he was the only president who gave none of Ukraine&rsquo;s land to Russia &mdash; though Zelensky disputes that characterization.<\/p>\n<p>Russia invaded Georgia during former President George W. Bush&rsquo;s administration, annexed Crimea during Barack Obama&rsquo;s presidency, and invaded Ukraine again during former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s administration.<\/p>\n<p>However, Zelensky said during Friday&rsquo;s disastrous Oval Office meeting with Trump that Putin agreed to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-50713647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ceasefire\">ceasefire<\/a> in Ukraine in 2019, while Trump was president, and subsequently violated it. That appeared to be a rebuttal of Trump&rsquo;s claims to be a president who kept Ukraine safe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After that, he broke the ceasefire, he killed our people, and he didn&rsquo;t exchange prisoners,&rdquo; Zelensky said. &ldquo;We signed the exchange of prisoners. But he didn&rsquo;t do it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That statement led to Vice President JD Vance&rsquo;s accusation that Zelensky was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3333643\/trump-lambastes-zelensky-oval-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"being disrespectful\">being disrespectful<\/a>, beginning the argument that was seen around the world over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3330560\/trump-tariff-threat-canada-mexico-undermine-future-trade-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump&rsquo;s tariff threats could undermine future trade deals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has since faced accusations that he is a supporter of Putin and has abandoned Ukraine, which his team strongly denies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are trying to bring it to an end &mdash; the way you bring it to an end is you get Russia to the table to talk,&rdquo; Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3334269\/rubio-zelensky-apologize-fiasco-attack-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> CNN. &ldquo;When you start talking about that aggressively &mdash; the president&rsquo;s a deal maker, he&rsquo;s made deals his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-praise-veep-pick-as-americas-dad-while-neutering-men\/\" title=\"Dems Praise Veep Pick As &#039;America&#039;s Dad&#039; While Neutering Men\">entire life &#038;mdash<\/a>; you&rsquo;re not going to get people to the table. 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