Republicans split with Trump on 'dictator' Zelensky: 'Putin is evil, and he has to be stopped'

President Donald Trump’s characterization of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “dictator” who was responsible for Russia’s invasion of his country has been met with little support among lawmakers of his own party.

The Trump-Zelensky relationship has seemingly devolved significantly over the last week as the president dispatched top diplomats to meet with their Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia without including the Ukrainians. Trump himself then accused Zelensky of being responsible for the war that’s nearing its third anniversary, to which the Ukrainian leader declared he was living in a “disinformation space.”