Vice President JD Vance gave his views on spat, which is widely seen in the White House among presidents last week. Donald Trump and Volodimia Zelenskysays it started when his answer to the journalist question set the Ukrainian leader “off”.
“I think there was a certain sense of it — there was a lack of respect. There was a sense of qualifications,” Vance said Monday in an interview about “Hornity.”
At a meeting in the oval office, the former Ohio Senator explained the importance of Engage in diplomacy When Zelensky asked if he could follow up, he was to end the war of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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He explained the illegal annexation of Russia's Crimea in 2014, explaining the failure of previous peace agreements and the 2019 ceasefire that was violated by the Kremlin.
“What diplomacy, JD, are you talking? What does it mean?” Zelenskyy asked incredibly.
“I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that will end the destruction of your country,” Vance replied. “I I think that's rude To come to the oval office to try and litigate this in front of the American media… you should thank the President for trying to end this dispute. ”
He then questioned whether he even said he had criticized the Ukrainian leader for being ungrateful to American aid and thanked him during their meeting. In his December 2022 speech to Congress, Zelenskyy thanked the United States for its support on its X account many times.
President of Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a briefing with the press held at LVIV, Ukraine on July 8, 2023. (Mykola Tys/Global Images ukraine via Getty Images)
Vance told Fox News host Sean Hannity that he insisted that he tried to ease the situation and that he tried to have a personal conversation.
“The president doesn't actually want to keep it private anymore. This real conversation So that Americans can see it,” the vice president said.
Trump and Zelensky engaged in a tense and unprecedented exchange in which the president claimed Ukrainian leaders were “World War II and gambling.”
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Trump wrote his counterpart on his true social platform It may come back “When he's ready for peace.”
President Donald Trump was waving from his car on Monday, February 17, 2025 when he arrived at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Ben Cartis)
“The president has set a very clear goal for his administration. He wants to stop the murders, and I think it's very important. President Zelensky And of course, President Putin, they both have to come to the negotiation table. And that's where things finally fell apart,” Vance explained.
“I really don't care what President Zelensky is saying about me or anyone else. But he showed that President Trump has made it clear that he will be engaged in a peace process that he said is the policy of the Americans and that president.”
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“This cannot last forever,” he continued. “Living in Ukraine is not enough, American money isn't enough, and there's not enough ammunition to fund this indefinitely. The only realistic route to bringing this into settlement is President Trump's route.
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Senior Trump Administration Officials told Fox News Monday afternoon when Spatt was temporarily suspending all US aid to Ukraine, following the president, until he determined that Ukrainians would show a commitment to good peace negotiations.
