At times Mr Trump himself led the invective. In February, he dismissed Mr Zelensky as a “moderately successful comedian” and a “dictator” with “very low” ratings, once falsely claiming ...

Ukrainians say the president remains the right man to lead the country despite a series of explosive rows with his US ...

Of all the bare-faced lies that Donald Trump invented to attack Volodymyr Zelensky, the most bizarre was his jibe that the Ukrainian president was a “modestly successful comedian”. For as ...

Trump wrote Zelensky was a "modestly successful comedian" and accused him of having "talked the US into a war that couldn't be won". He raged the war "never had to start" and said Ukraine could ...

Volodymyr Zelensky ran for the presidency of Ukraine in 2019 having had no political experience. The now 47-year-old was a comedian and he played a teacher in a television series who becomes ...

Donald Trump has launched an eviscerating attack on Volodymyr Zelensky, calling the Ukrainian leader 'a modestly successful comedian' and 'a dictator without elections'. The extraordinary outburst ...

Saturday Night Live (SNL) has recreated the White House clash between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in a skit featuring Canadian actor and comedian Mike Myers.

Here are five lesser-known facts about him: 1) Before entering politics, Zelensky was a popular comedian and actor. He gained fame as the star of the Ukrainian television series Servant of the People.