Donald Trump’s latest remarks on Ukraine are not just factually flawed but dangerously misleading. His claim that Ukraine ‘talked’ the US into supporting its defence against Russian aggression ignores the reality: this war was not Ukraine’s choice – it was forced upon the country by Putin’s unprovoked invasion.

Trump’s characterisation of President Zelenskyy as a ‘comedian’ who ‘played Biden like a fiddle’ is an insult not only to Ukraine’s leader but to the millions of Ukrainians who have resisted tyranny with extraordinary courage.