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Zelenskyj was kicked out by Trump after the word in the White House.
Afterwards, the United States continued to put pressure on him with demands for both departure and apology.
But the president of Ukraine refused to fold down.
“I’m not sure we did something bad,” he said, ducking the question.
See the entire 11-minute quarrel between Trump and Zelenskyj
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On Friday, Volodymyr Zelenskyj came to write the mentioned mineral agreement with Trump.
It all ended with 144 minutes of chaos in the White House. After the loud exchange of words in the oval room, Zelenskyj was kicked out prematurely.
The brawl was played in front of an open curtain and got several world leaders to be amazed. The longest went by EU Foreign Chief Kaja is called on X:
“Today it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It is up to us Europeans to take on the challenge, ”she wrote.
So the plays continued
After the interrupted chaos meeting, those involved with various statements continued.
Trump wrote a partial ironic message On his platform Truth Social. He called the meeting “very meaningful” and wrote that Zelenskyj “can come back when he is ready for peace”.
The hours later, Trump went to new attack against Zelenskyj in a television interview:
– He should not say lots of things about Putin. Just a lot of negative things. He just wants to argue, argue, argue. I want someone who wants to make peace. He must stop arguing.
According to Trump, Zelensky asked to come back to the negotiating table after he was sent out of the White House:
– But I can’t allow it.
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The whole screen was when Vice President JD Vance broke into the conversation that everything derailed. Photo: MystYSlav Chernov/AP
Rubio’s requirements: Excuse
At the same time, even tougher words came from other American top names. In an interview with CNN Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said that Zelenskyj must apologize.
– He must say sorry for turning this into the failure it became for him. There was no reason for him to go in there and be hostile.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham – who met Zelenskyj earlier on Friday and who has long been a strong Ukrainian upstairs – went even further.
– I’ve never been more proud of President Trump for showing the American people and the world that you are not kidding this man. Zelenskyj must either change fundamentally or resign. I don’t think most Americans want to be partners with Zelenskyj according to what they saw today.
An anonymous US source said at the same time to CNN That the relationship between Trump and Zelenskyj seems impossible to repair “.
– It’s disastrous. It is uncertain how the bilateral relationship continues with Zelenskyj left in power, if he does not find a way to fix this.
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Fully retaining the meeting left Zelenskyj – kicked by Trump. Photo: Evan Vucci/AP
Zelenskyj ducked the question
In a first tweet after being sent out of the White House, Zelenskyj did not touch the word with Trump and JD Vance.
“Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thanks @potusinfoclose @Potususa’s president’s official account at X., Congress and the American people. Ukraine needs a fair and sustainable peace and we work for exactly that, ”he wrote.
Later during the night sent fox news an interview Made with Zelenskyj after the scenes in the oval room.
Then he was asked if he thinks the relationship with Trump can be repaired.
– Yes, of course. There are relationships between more than two presidents. There are historical relationships, strong relationships between our peoples and therefore I have always started by thanking your people from our people, he replied.
Interviewer Bret Baier also raised the demands that Zelenskyj must apologize to Trump. Twice he ducked the question. He said instead:
– I think we have to be very open and very honest. And I’m not sure we did something bad.
Zelenskyj also said that the brawl “what badly for both sides” and repeated its position that Ukraine needs security guarantees to enter into peace talks with Russia.
– I just want to be honest and I just want our partners to understand the situation correctly and I want to understand everything correctly. This is about not losing our friendship.