Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, criticized the magazine cover, calling the photo choice “astonishing” on Telegram as Russia continues to seek favor with Trump. “Only unhealthy people, obsessed with malice and hatred — perhaps even freaks — could have chosen such a photo,” she exclaimed.
Despite some improvement in Moscow-Washington relations since Trump’s second term, facilitated by the Republican leader inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to peace talks in Alaska in August, the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine remains a sticking point.
The U.S. president appeared on the magazine cover after signing an agreement in Egypt on Monday to end Israel’s two-year war in Gaza. He praised the deal with Hamas as “3,000 years” in the making.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Trump to help conclude the war in Ukraine, as he had achieved peace in Gaza. “I hope that he will use the same instruments even more to pressure Putin to stop his war,” Zelenskyy told Fox News on Sunday.
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