Mocking the "highest paid actor," Trump Jr. Zelensky

Donald Trump Jr. took a jab at Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, a former comedian, over the tens of billions of dollars of US aid his country has received. He shared a screenshot of a Twitter conversation in which the Daily Loud listed Tom Cruise as 2022’s highest paid actor. Both the commenter and Trump Jr. got their figures wrong. Since Russia’s military operation in Ukraine began last February, the US has allocated around $113 billion for military, economic, and humanitarian aid to Kiev, of which more than $75 billion has been disbursed. When aid from the EU and its individual members, plus US allies including Canada, Japan, and the UK is taken into account, the total sum sent to Kiev adds up to more than $143.6 billion, or nearly 25 times Ukraine’s 2021 defense budget.

Donald Trump Jr. referred to Zelensky as an “ungrateful international welfare queen” after the Ukrainian leader traveled to Washington in December to ask the US for more military aid. He has also accused President Joe Biden of risking “World War III” by arming Zelensky’s forces.