Brit Hume pushes back on Trump: Ukraine 'has quite a few cards to play'

Fox News’s chief political analyst Brit Hume on Monday pushed back on previous comments made by President Trump about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after Ukraine's successful drone attack earlier this week.

Trump has claimed more than once that the Ukrainian leader lacked “cards” when it came to his country’s negotiations amid the over three-years long war with Russia. 

“Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. You’re in no position to dictate that. You don’t have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards,” Trump told Zelensky during a contentious Oval Office meeting in February.

On Fox News’s “Special Report” on Monday, Hume objected to the president’s statement after anchor Shannon Bream mentioned the recent drone attack in which Ukraine struck one of its most devastating blows in the war against Russia.

“It certainly does establish that this country whose president was being told at the White House that he didn’t have any cards to play, that he apparently has quite a few cards to play, including this daring attack,” Hume responded in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.

In a thread on the social media platform X on Sunday, Zelensky said “a brilliant operation was carried out — on enemy territory” that day.

“The preparation took over a year and a half. Planning, organi[z]ation, every detail was perfectly executed. It can be said with confidence that this was an absolutely unique operation,” Zelensky wrote about the attack.

Trump, who has recently pushed for an end to the war between Ukraine and Russia, was not given a heads-up about the attack by Ukraine, according to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation.

The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.