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Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media.
Launching the attack, Mr Vance said You have no right to dictate what we should feel. You are gambling with World War III."
At their meeting on Friday, Trump accused Zelensky of being "disrespectful" and warned him Zelensky rehashed his usual accusations against Russia,
one article on the TASS website said Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that."
Zelensky issued a statement following his meeting with Trump and Vance, saying on X TASS was not on the approved list of media for today's pool,
a White House official told Newsweek I have empowered you to be a tough guy. You either make a deal, or we're out. You don't have the cards,
A fierce dressing down in the Oval Office. Trump told the cocaine clown the truth to his face for the first time: the Kiev regime is playing with World War III. And the ungrateful pig got a solid slap from the pigsty owners. This is useful. But it is not enough – we need to stop military aid to the Nazi machine."
Dmitry Medvedev, the former president and prime minister of Russia who now serves as deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, wrote on Telegram I’m just crying because of what I hear,
one Ukrainian lawmaker said of the meeting, echoing the reactions of others on the continent Offer some words of appreciation for The United States Of America and the president who is trying to save your country,
I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country,
The first contacts with the new US administration inspire certain hopes.”
Meanwhile, the Russian Embassy in London gleefully attempted to rub salt in the wound, posting a picture of Vladimir Putin with the comment You're not in a good position
Yelling with his face getting red, Trump intoned We gave you, through this stupid president, $350 billion we gave you military equipment,
he said, overstating the amount of military hardware I don't want a cease fire,
Trump said, delivering a mocking impression of his counterpart You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position,
Trump told Zelensky, after last week calling him a 'dictator' and blaming Ukraine for starting the war So look, for four years the United States of America, we had a president who stood up the press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin, and then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country,
Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems, you should be thanking the president,
You think that, if you will speak very loudly,
Zelensky tried to counter in his accented English If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks.
You're gambling with World War Three, and what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that's backed you far more than a lot of people say they should have.”
The US president told his Ukrainian counterpart, who had flown to Washington to try to win security guarantees