Canadian lawmaker Charlie Angus delivered a blunt message to Donald Trump final week after his collection of assaults aimed toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Angus — a member of the left-leaning New Democratic Occasion who serves within the Canadian Parliament — reacted to Trump calling Zelenskyy a “dictator,” an assault that surprised European allies and led to pushback from some Republicans because the U.S. looks to negotiate talks to finish Russia’s warfare in Ukraine.
“To assault a frontrunner like Zelenskyy, who has extra ethical fiber in his little toe than Donald Trump has in his total physique and his total cupboard, is outrageous,” stated Angus in an interview with Ben Meiselas of the MeidasTouch Community.
“Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proven the world what democracy means, Donald Trump is a convicted felon and a sexual pervert. These two males shouldn’t even be talked about in the identical sentence.”
Angus, who slammed Trump’s love for “gangster” Russian President Vladimir Putin, later referred to what an unnamed Jap European colleague informed him in response to Trump calling for a regime change in Ukraine.
“She stated to me, ‘The Ukrainian folks survived the Holodomor. The Ukrainian folks survived Stalin. The Ukrainian folks survived Chernobyl. They’ve survived Putin. Do you assume that Donald Trump goes to interrupt the Ukranian folks?’” recalled Angus.
“So Donald, simply put a sock in it for now.”
He continued by warning that Trump goes to do “monumental harm to democracy,” impacting each U.S. allies and the remainder of the world as he tries to assist his “legal buddy” Putin.
“And the world will likely be pressured, now, to deal with America the way in which we deal with Putin, and we’re going to all have to select up our recreation dramatically to defend democracy whether or not it’s in Ukraine or whether or not it’s in our personal international locations,” stated Angus, who has beforehand knocked Trump over his tariff threats.
Take a look at extra of Angus’ interview with the MeidasTouch Community under.