On X, formerly Twitter, Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said: “Anyone who votes to fund Ukraine is funding the most corrupt money scheme of any foreign war in our country’s history.”

She linked to a story containing the yacht rumour.

Mr Tillis has butted heads with another Republican Senator, J D Vance, who has also mentioned Mr Zelensky and ships in the same breath.

God, I hate these fucking morons in our government. Gullible or bootlickers, it makes no difference. They spit on everything America is supposed to stand for and cost Ukrainians their lives in the process.