Jim Lo Scalzo / Epa
In between a tense exchange of “barbs”, Trump referred to Zelenskyy’s outfit. Hundreds took to the street in defense of the president’s military costumes, and the Americans liked the nightgown so much that many even bought it.
“Why don’t you use a fact?” He asked. “It is at the highest level in this country’s office and refuses to use a fact…. Do you have a fact?
In the middle of a tense meeting between US President Donald Trump, and Vice President JD Vance spared no criticism of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. And no, it was not only geopolitics: there was also room for a trump point about… fashion.
The Ukrainian President has appeared in public, since the beginning of the conflict with Russia, to wear military uniforms (the traditional Ukrainian Vyshyvanka Verde, used in ceremonies, for example) or nightgowns with the symbol of Ukrainian trident to the chest. This was the case, this time, when he opted for a black pole with this drawing.
It does not use facts, but allusions to the army, in solidarity with the military of your country. The Trump, replied: “I will use a fact when this war is over. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better, I don’t know. Maybe something cheaper. ”
On Sunday, hundreds of Ukrainians took to the street using facts and manifesting against Trump’s comment, with posters with slogans like “Will Russia stop killing Ukrainians if everyone uses facts?” Says the.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a series of photographs on the Ukrainian, the Ukrainians have their facts, ”which showed military or doctors uniforms. “Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians exchanged their office costumes for military uniforms to protect their homes and families,” reads in the post.
And Zelensky’s clothes designer Elvira Gasanova told that even the Americans themselves joined the fashion: “Now, Many people have bought the shirt, which is sold for 215 euros. Today we receive many orders from the United States. Perhaps they want something that a Ukrainian president used at a historic moment. ” Guarantees that sales have fired this weekend.
The designer also said that Ukrainians are “just living our lives, helping our army with donations, supporting our president and trying to have a better life.”
CAROLINA BASTOS PEREIRA, ZAP //