Maksim Chmerkovskiy Says Trump-Zelensky Spat Came at Worst Possible Time

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Maksim Chmerkovskiy says the tiff between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is a communication breakdown coming at the worst time ... but, he seems hopeful the two sides can work it out.

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00:00Just three short years ago, you were in Poland helping Ukrainian soldiers.

00:06Today, there's so much more going on with Ukraine.

00:08So, what do you think about the interaction between J.D. Vance, Trump and Zelensky?

00:12How did you feel about that, watching that footage?

00:17I mean, everybody's got an opinion. It's not about that at the moment.

00:21Like I said, I try to be attached more to the actual people who are affected by all this than some politics of it all.

00:32But I looked at it as just an unfortunate breakdown in communication at the worst possible time.

00:42You know firsthand what aid does to Ukraine, right?

00:47President Trump is considering withholding aid to Ukraine.

00:51How harmful could that be to the Ukrainian people and people who are affected by this?

00:55Again, there's a few different thoughts going on in Ukraine specifically.

01:03Some who are absolutely exhausted and have no more left to give to this war.

01:10There are those who have nothing left and therefore they're there to the finish line.

01:17They want nothing but victory.

01:19So, it's very hard. It's very stressful. Obviously, it has been.

01:24And it's a war zone. It's not a conflict.

01:28I just want to remind people it's not something that happens every now and again.

01:31No, this is something that bombings are happening every day.

01:36So, from that standpoint, whatever Ukraine relied on, and I mean the humanitarian side of it, the military side I can't speak for.

01:48I hope that there's enough to defend itself.

01:52What's a message that you would send not only to the Ukrainian people, maybe even to America about this situation?

01:59What's your message to people?

02:01My message is that most of the people in Ukraine are not represented by the few that are possibly corrupt,

02:08possibly misappropriating these incredibly needed funds.

02:14But I do know that most of Ukrainians are in war.

02:18They're fighting. They're in it. Their hearts and minds are in it.

02:22Unfortunately, so are their kids and their futures.

02:27So, from that standpoint, there's a different perspective than the way Zelensky or Trump handled or mishandled whatever situation in the past.

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