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It will be difficult without your support,
Zelenskyy said on Fox — Trump's favorite news channel
It’s not clear that Zelenskyy truly wants to stop the fighting. He came in, even though he was warned not to, determined to litigate all of that … This was the wrong approach, wrong time in history, and definitely the wrong president to try to do this,
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz stated
Zelensky has been trying to drag the United States into a nuclear war with Russia/WW3 for years now, and no one has called him on it,
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard commented
Zelensky is either going to have to fundamentally change or go. I can't believe most Americans, after what they saw today, would want to be partners with Zelensky."
This included Senator Lindsey Graham statingThe days of America being taken advantage of and disrespected are OVER."
US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson stated
The only person on the planet who is actively trying to bring an end to this conflict is named Donald Trump, the President of the United States,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio addedTime is not on your side on the battlefield, time is not on your side in terms of the world situation, and most importantly, US aid and the taxpayers’ tolerance is not unlimited,
Waltz addedDiplomacy and statesmanship seem to have been checked at the door of the Oval Office today,
Curtis wrote on X on Friday, before expressing hope
This week started with administration officials refusing to acknowledge that Russia started the war in Ukraine,
Murkowski saidWe should be clear that we stand for freedom,
Bacon added, shying away from directly chastising the presidentI think that he’s in for some very, very difficult times
at home ... Sergei Boldarev argued
Scandal, humiliation, shame and disaster - this is how Western journalists describe it. After a squabble in the Oval Office, the Ukrainian delegation was literally kicked out of the White House,
said Olga Armyakova, a presenter on the Rossiya 1 channelMy husband was a military pilot. He burned alive, his plane was shot down… So yesterday they spat at him, at me, at my children, and it was very painful to watch,
she saidIt was supposed to be a great day and this is one of the biggest own goals in diplomatic history.
Bessent said to the outlet
We had a very meaningful meeting in the White House today,
he wrote
I’m talking about the kind of diplomacy that’s going to end the destruction of your country.”
That set off a downward spiral in the Oval Office as Vance took issue with being questioned about his description of diplomacy, and clapped back at Zelenskyy
It's crucial for us to have President Trump's support. He wants to end the war, but no one wants peace more than we do. We are the ones living this war in Ukraine. It's a fight for our freedom, for our very survival,
Zelensky posted in a lengthy statement on X on Saturday
There is one sliver of hope and that is that President Trump wants a deal and Zelensky is part of that,
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From Europe's point of view there is an even bigger priority than the future of Ukraine, which is the future of Nato,
former Conservative UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt said Saturday on BBC's Radio 4 Today programWe want only strong relations with America, and I really hope we will have them."
With Ukraine's fight against Russia entering its third year, Zelensky