{"id":7668,"date":"2025-12-31T13:44:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=7668"},"modified":"2025-12-31T13:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:44:54","slug":"trump-calls-kellogg-an-idiot-over-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/trump-calls-kellogg-an-idiot-over-zelensky\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls Kellogg an \u00abidiot\u00bb for his words about Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"717\">Trump calls Kellogg an \u00abidiot\u00bb over Zelensky<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"717\">President of the United States <strong data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"452\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Donald Trump<\/span><\/span><\/strong> names special envoy for Ukraine <strong data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"531\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Keith Kellogg<\/span><\/span><\/strong> \u00aban \u00bbidiot\" after his statements in defence of <strong data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"617\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Vladimir Zelensky<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. This is reported by the <strong><em><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong> citing sources in Trump's inner circle.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"719\" data-end=\"737\">Episode details<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"945\">According to <em>NYT<\/em>, During one of his internal conversations, Trump reacted emotionally to Kellogg's words, who described Zelensky as a leader in exceptionally difficult circumstances who demonstrated courage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1263\">- <em data-start=\"949\" data-end=\"1039\">So you call Zelenskyy a man in a difficult situation and a brave one?<\/em> - Trump asked.<br data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1059\" \/>- <em data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1243\">Yes, sir... The fight for the survival of his country is ongoing on Ukrainian soil. When was the last time an American president faced something like this? It was <strong data-start=\"1201\" data-end=\"1242\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Abraham Lincoln<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em>, Kellogg replied.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1277\">Context.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1278\" data-end=\"1554\">According to The New York Times, later, when recounting the episode to other advisers, Trump muttered: \u00ab<strong>He's an idiot.<\/strong>\u00bb, referring to Kellogg. The publication notes that this case illustrates the tensions within the Trump administration over the war in Ukraine and Zelensky's role.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0422\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043f \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0432 \u041a\u0435\u043b\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0430 \u00ab\u0456\u0434\u0456\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043c\u00bb \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u0421\u0428\u0410 \u0414\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0434 \u0422\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043f \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0432 \u0441\u043f\u0435\u0446\u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0446\u044f \u0437 \u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043d\u044c \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u041a\u0456\u0442\u0430 \u041a\u0435\u043b\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0430 \u00ab\u0456\u0434\u0456\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043c\u00bb \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u0439\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0432\u0438\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0445\u0438\u0441\u0442 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0430 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e. \u041f\u0440\u043e \u0446\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0454 The New York Times \u0437 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f\u043c \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u0436\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0430 \u0432 \u043e\u0442\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0456 \u0422\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043f\u0430. \u0414\u0435\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0456 \u0435\u043f\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0434\u0443 \u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 NYT, \u043f\u0456\u0434 \u0447\u0430\u0441 \u043e\u0434\u043d\u0456\u0454\u0457 \u0437 \u0432\u043d\u0443\u0442\u0440\u0456\u0448\u043d\u0456\u0445 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e\u0432 \u0422\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043f \u0435\u043c\u043e\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u043e \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0430\u0433\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0432 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":7669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"%title% ","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0422\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043f","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805617],"tags":[806756],"class_list":{"0":"post-7668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-806756"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7670,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7668\/revisions\/7670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}