Trump says Ukraine needs a new president who will agree to end the war

US leader suggests Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war amid tensions with Kyiv over a diesel deal with Russia.United States President Donald Trump says Ukraine should replace Volodymyr Zelenskyy with a new leader, lashing out at him for Kyiv’s strikes on Russian oil refineries that have contributed to high diesel prices ahead of the US midterm elections.“I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal,” Trump said at the White House on Saturday, adding that “for some reason [Zelenskyy] never does.”Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Russia kills 20 in Ukraine as US hosts ‘productive’ talks to end warlist 2 of 3Putin tells Trump peace talks are unlikely, cites Ukraine drone attackslist 3 of 3Why is US turning to Russia for diesel despite sanctions?end of listTrump said that under Zelenskyy, Ukraine has “lost 30 percent of your country and you’ve had over a million people go between the two of them, over 2 million people killed. That’s a war that should have never have started. And I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president.”Following the remarks, Ukraine’s foreign minister defended Zelenskyy. “He has the support of the Ukrainian people, and they have the right to decide,” Andriy Sybiga said in a post on X. “Statements from abroad only confirm that he is doing his job well. He deserves support.”Trump, who on Friday struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to buy diesel from Russia in an attempt to reduce high fuel prices ahead of the US midterms, has been urging Zelenskyy for weeks to stop attacking Russian energy infrastructure.He has also sought to blame record-high US diesel prices on Ukraine rather than the US-led war in Iran, which has elevated world energy prices.Trump suggested on Saturday that if he had been US president in 2022 “that war would have never started”.“There was no reason that war with Ukraine and Russia started. It started due to incompetence,” he said.