President Donald Trump walked right up to the line of calling Volodomyr Zelenskyy a con man on Tuesday, comparing the Ukrainian president to one of history’s most famous hoax-peddlers.

In an interview with Politico, Trump compared the world leader to P.T. Barnum, the 19th-century showman who founded the Ringling Bros. circus.

“He’s a great salesman. I call him P.T. Barnum,” he said. “He could sell any product at any time…doesn’t matter whether it works or not.”

Trump went on to imply that former president Joe Biden was taken in by Zelenskyy, saying in his unique language of winners and losers that the United States was fleeced when they signed on to help Ukraine fight a war.

“He got crooked Joe Biden to give him $350 billion and look what it got him,” he said. “About 25% of his country

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