Why is the war in Ukraine Zelensky's fault?

On February 24, 2022, 150,000 Russian troops with tanks and armoured fighting vehicles invaded Ukraine. I know this happened because I wrote about it at length in The Times and watched TV footage as the huge convoy wended its way slowly towards Kyiv. So, how is it possible that Donald Trump can feel it's right to accuse Ukraine of starting the war? It's like saying Britain invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982. Did Trump mean that if Kyiv had just handed over Ukraine's sovereignty to Moscow, there wouldn't have had to be a war? Or perhaps he meant that if Kyiv hadn't applied for membership of Nato, Putin wouldn't have invaded? Or maybe he meant that once the Russian troops had crossed the border, Kyiv should have surrendered and no one would have been killed? There isn't any other way of interpreting Trump's words. The only remotely arguable aspect of these three choices is the one about Nato membership. Kyiv's insistence it wanted to turn to the EU and Nato and away from the Russian Federation clearly angered Putin and he resolved to stop Ukraine joining Nato by invading three years ago. But, as the US and Europe always argued, Ukraine is a sovereign state and therefore can decide for itself whether it embraces western institutions rather than be a vassal to Russia just because they are neighbours. But Putin never saw it that way. He said Nato membership for Ukraine would pose a direct threat to Russia's national security and very existence. If that is what Trump had in mind then ok. But he is still seeing it all from Putin's perspective rather than as the leader of the western free world which has spent billions and billions of dollars over the last three yers supporting Ukraine with weapons, munitions and cash to survive against the Russian onslaught. So, whatever Trump was thinking when he blamed Ukraine for the war, it's a pretty warped view.