Before the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, called the actions of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, who recognized the so-called "DPR" and "LPR", "genius". President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview with CNN that Trump should look at the situation in Ukraine "without rose-colored glasses."

 When asked by a journalist that Zelenskiy should tell Donald Trump to help him understand the ways in which Ukraine and the rest of the world see him, the president replied that the former US leader "held such a high position in which it is impossible not to recognize that he is a rival of values ​​for their people".

 "He (Donald Trump, - ed.) had intelligence data to create a psychological profile (of Vladimir Putin, - ed.), and therefore, in this position, he had to understand who Putin is, what he is trying to do and what steps he will take to to achieve this," Zelenskiy said: "I think he needs to look at it not only from the point of view that it is a threat to Ukraine. Well, Ukraine is too far in his eyes, but this war does not have the distance that it would could not grasp. So I think he needs to look at the situation without rose-colored glasses."

 The president of Ukraine concluded that such a position was probably beneficial for Trump to conduct domestic policy, to show that he is "ready to find ways to dialogue and mutual understanding with the president of Russia."

 In early August, Trump said that "Ukraine would have avoided a full-scale invasion by Russia if it had given up Crimea or agreed not to join NATO."

 The Office of the President of Ukraine dispelled this narrative, declaring that it is a "propaganda stamp of the Russian Federation."