“I understand times are hard, but doesn’t the President of the #Ukraine own a suit?” former GOP Senate candidate Peter Schiff said on Twitter.
A financial pundit is under fire for complaining that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dressed down during his address to Congress.
Peter Schiff, a former GOP Senate candidate from Connecticut and chief economist at Euro Pacific Capital, ripped Zelensky for his sartorial choice amid the Russian invasion as he appeared in his signature green T-shirt. “I understand times are hard, but doesn’t the President of the #Ukraine own a suit?” the clueless commentator“I don’t have much respect for current members of the U.S. Congress either, but I still wouldn’t address them wearing a t-shirt. I wouldn’t want to disrespect the institution or the Unites States,” he added, misspelling the name of his own country.
Zelensky made a virtual appearance from Kyiv on Wednesday in his combat casual attire as the capital city and country remained under Russian fire for the third week.Zelensky made the call in his combat casual attire.“I don’t have much respect for current members of the U.S. Congress either, but I still wouldn’t address them wearing a t-shirt,” Schiff said.Schiff faced a bombardment of his own in social media for his tone-deaf post.
“Dude, not only is he in a war-zone, where I’m sure it’s hard to get a suit press and dry clean, but even if it was possible, it’s favorable for people to see him as one of them sharing the struggle,”