The Daily Populous Friday March 7th, 2025 evening edition
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Fox News' Brian Kilmeade is speaking out against President Donald Trump's recent actions toward Ukraine.

Though the Fox & Friends host, 60, has been a longtime supporter of the president, he recently vocalized his disagreement with Trump's approach to peace negotiations in Eastern Europe, which have seemingly distanced the United States from Ukraine and appeared to favor Russia.

In a post to X on March 3, the Fox News anchor urged his followers not to forget Russia's aggressive role in the conflict.

"Can we all remember [Vladimir Putin] is the bad guy," Kilmeade wrote, tagging the Kremlin. "They invaded — they kidnap kids."

"Whatever happens — Ukraine can not lose," he continued. "Eastern Europe will be next."

Kilmeade's comments come days after a tense White House meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Feb. 28 meeting, intended to seal a deal for natural resources from Ukraine in exchange for U.S. military aid, resulted in Trump and J.D. Vance shouting at Zelenskyy, falsely berating him for not saying "thank you" and calling him "disrespectful."

The Ukrainian president ended up leaving the White House earlier than intended, and he canceled his scheduled events around Washington, D.C., that day.

Brian Kilmeade on 'Fox & Friends' on March 7, 2023. Roy Rochlin/Getty

Shortly after Zelenskyy and Trump's meeting, several leaders of European countries quickly expressed support for Ukraine and condemned Russia's ongoing hostilities.

Kilmeade's comments were more in line with that of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — who said "Russia illegally and unjustifiably invaded Ukraine" and Ukraine's resistance "is a fight that matters to us all" — and Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who plainly stated that "Russia is the aggressor."

On Monday, March 3, the Trump temporarily suspended all military aid to Ukraine and the U.S. stopped sharing intel with the nation.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 3, 2025. Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty

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Fox News, a notably conservative news channel, has long aligned itself with Trump.

Days after Trump took office, Kilmeade's fellow Fox & Friends host Pete Hegseth was sworn in as the president's secretary of defense. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy were also affiliated with the network prior to joining Trump's Cabinet.

jimababwe on March 7th, 2025 at 12:27 UTC »

It’s not that his comments are in line with Trudeau. His comments seem to be in line with what actually happened. This is what used to be called the truth rather than a “perspective. ”

Donkletown on March 7th, 2025 at 12:26 UTC »

We are now at a place where saying “Putin is bad” is considered standing up to Trump in some way.

But don’t worry, Trump isn’t a Russian asset, apparently. So Trumpers say.

peoplemagazine on March 7th, 2025 at 10:57 UTC »

TLDR:

Fox News' Brian Kilmeade is speaking out against President Donald Trump's recent actions toward Ukraine. Though the Fox & Friends host, 60, has been a longtime supporter of the president, he recently vocalized his disagreement with Trump's approach to peace negotiations in Eastern Europe, which have seemingly distanced the United States from Ukraine and appeared to favor Russia. In a post to X on March 3, the Fox News anchor urged his followers not to forget Russia's aggressive role in the conflict. "Can we all remember [Vladimir Putin] is the bad guy," Kilmeade wrote, tagging the Kremlin. "They invaded — they kidnap kids." "Whatever happens — Ukraine can not lose," he continued. "Eastern Europe will be next." Kilmeade's comments come days after a tense White House meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Feb. 28 meeting, intended to seal a deal for natural resources from Ukraine in exchange for U.S. military aid, resulted in Trump and J.D. Vance shouting at Zelenskyy, falsely berating him for not saying "thank you" and calling him "disrespectful."