# Trump Criticizes Zelensky Over Refinery Strikes and Ukraine Elections

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2110896644673671578
- Source account: [@MarioNawfal](https://x.com/MarioNawfal)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:21
- Published: 2026-10-16
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections) They're losing, on average, 25,000 no- now that number's going up to 32,000, but 25,000 mostly men, mostly military. You know, uh, small numbers relatively in towns and cities that are being hit.

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections?t=13) But they're losing a tremendous amount of people.

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections?t=15) Mm-hmm. And I wanna see it stop. And I want Zelensky to stop and I want Putin... Now, if you tell me that Zelensky is again shooting at, uh, refineries, all he's doing is making the world oil price higher.

[0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections?t=28) And he is doing that. Well, I think that's a disgrace if you... There's plenty of other targets.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections?t=33) They don't have to hit... There are a lot of targets- Yeah ... that you can hit. But when you shoot at diesel refineries where you make, you know, diesel oil- Right ... and we need that, and the world needs that, then he's not doing a good service for the world.

[0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections?t=46) Mr. President, you mentioned- And I think that, frankly, Zelensky has been there a long time, and I think it's time for... If they, if they wanna get that settled.

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections?t=54) So I watched an interview of a young woman the other day from Ukraine.

[1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections?t=61) And she said, "President Zelensky has destroyed our country."

[1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections?t=65) Mm. "President Zelensky has taken our men away from us.

[1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections?t=70) Our men have no legs, no arms. Our men are, in many cases, in mental institutions, or they're dead."

[1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Uw4R4k2z3YT/en/trump-criticizes-zelensky-over-refinery-strikes-and-ukraine-elections?t=78) He said they need a two-month pause to hold elections.