Fox & Friends star issues shock criticism of Donald Trump over Putin

Fox & Friends star Brian Kilmeade has declared Donald Trump is getting ’embarrassed’ by Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine

The outspoken MAGA supporter notably broke ranks with the president in doing so, all on the set of the hit morning show.

‘Vladimir Putin, I think to a degree, is embarrassing President Trump when he bombed Kyiv in this brutal attack,’ Kilmeade, 60, said, recalling the recent Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv and how it killed 12.

‘The worst, you’re watching it now. The worst in a year and killed these innocent people.’

The conservative then brought up how Trump issued a frantic plea to Putin afterwards, via Truth Social.

In it, Trump wrote, ‘Vladimir, STOP!’ – a demand Kilmeade said served as proof the president is embarrassed.

‘If he’s going to embarrass the president, Trump let him know yesterday,’ Kilmeade said, before offering an eerie warning.

‘It’s going to get worse, and there are sanctions queued up,’ he insisted, painting Trump’s handling of the situation as poor.

Brian Kilmeade declared Donald Trump is getting ’embarrassed’ by Russian President Vladimir Putin due to stalled diplomacy talks with Ukraine – doing so on Fox and Friends Friday

He painted Trump’s handling of the situation as poor, before explaining why he believes he is being ’embarrass[ed]’. He said Putin is acting however he wants – with Trump’s desires barely an afterthought, paving the way for the recent Russian strike on Kyiv that killed 12

‘Russia is one of our fiercest rivals, I would say adversary,’ Kilmeade – long a critic of Putin – said at another point during his speech on the Fox & Friends.

‘And they’ve been cut down to size thanks to the fighting force of the Ukrainians in our weapons and our training in our intelligence – in a way that we didn’t think was possible.’

‘Ukrainians are [still] fighting’ more than three years later,’ the ardent conservative continued. ‘[That] has embarrassed Russia to no end.’ 

He also said Putin is basically acting however he wants – leaving Trump’s desires unheard. 

The attack – and subsequent olive branch – should leave the Republican ’embarrass[ed]’, he said, also bringing up Putin’s mass conscriptions of fighting age men and the enlistment of North Korean fighters.

Trump, meanwhile, recently refused to categorize Putin as a dictator, and on multiple occasions has insisted the two are still in good standing. He has blamed Joe Biden for failing to find a solution that would satisfy both sides.

On Thursday, Trump, like Kilmeade, was forced to issue a rare criticism following the renewed Russian war effort – though toward his foreign counterpart, whom he referred to by his first name.

‘I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV,’ he wrote on Truth Social, days after Russia allowed an  armistice on Easter.  

That’s left the pair’s peace talks are in limbo – and Trump seemingly pleading for a solution

Trump desperately Vladimir Putin to ‘get the peace deal done, ‘on Truth Social Thursday, following the worst attack on Ukraine seen in months

An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 24, 2025

‘Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP!’ the conservative continued. ‘Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!’

The post represented a drastic shift in tone from public statements offered by both leaders in recent months, including one from Putin after Trump won over Kamala Harris – a result the Russian leader celebrated.

In a statement, he referred to Trump as a ‘courageous man’, while also appearing to hint at a possible end to the conflict.

Months later, rescue workers were using flashlights to sift through the charred rubble of partially collapsed homes following the Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Ukraine’s capital. 

It saw some 66 ballistic and cruise missiles, four air-to-surface missiles and 145 Shahed and decoy drones deployed – between there and four other regions of Ukraine. 

The attack came hours after Trump lashed out at Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for what he framed prolonging the conflict by refusing to surrender the Russia-occupied Crimea Peninsula.

The peninsula has emerged as a sticking point in the peace talks, after it was annexed by Russian in 2014.

At the time, world leaders decried the act and hit Russia with sanctions. It has been under Russian occupation ever since, but is widely considered to be part of Ukraine.

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