Vice-President JD Vance gave his point of view on sputum widely seen last week at the White House between the presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr ZelenskyySaying that it all started when his answer to the question of a journalist put the Ukrainian leader “off”.
“I think there was just a certain sense of – there was a lack of respect. There was a certain sense of law,” said Vance on an interview on “Hannity” on Monday, his first since the dust.
During the meeting at the Oval Office, the former Ohio senator explained the importance of diploma To put an end to the war of Russian President Vladimir Putin when Zelenskyy asked if he could follow.
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He described the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, the previous failed peace agreements and a 2019 cease-fire violated by the Kremlin.
“What kind of diplomacy, JD, do you speak? What do you mean?” Asked Zelenskyy incredulous.
“I’m talking about the kind of diplomacy that will end the destruction of your country,” said Vance. “I think it’s disrespectful So that you come to the oval office to try to plead this in front of the American media … you should thank the president for trying to end this conflict. “”
He then reprimanded the Ukrainian leader to have been ungrateful for American aid and wondered if he had even said thank you at their meeting. Zelenskyy thanked the United States for its support on its X account several times and at a December 2022 address in the Congress.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a briefing with the press on July 8, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine. (Mykola Tys / Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Vance told Fox News host Sean Hannity that he had tried to defuse the situation, saying that he had tried to have the conversation in private.
“The president was like, no, in fact, I no longer want to have it in private. I want to have This real conversation In public so that the American people can see it, “said the vice-president.
Trump and Zelenskyy were engaged in a tense and unprecedented direction where the president said that the Ukrainian leader “played with the Second World War”.
The rare land mineral agreement that the two world leaders were supposed to sign after Zelenskyy was invited to leave the White House.
Trump wrote on his social platform of truth that his counterpart could come back “When he is ready for peace.”
President Donald Trump signals his vehicle when he arrived at the Trump International Golf Club on Monday, February 17, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP photo / ben Curtis)
“The president has set a very clear goal for his administration. He wants the murder to stop. And I think it is very important that President Zelenskyy And of course, President Putin too, they must both come to the negotiating table. And that’s finally there that things separated, “said Vance.
“I really don’t care what President Zelenskyy says about me or someone else. But he has shown a clear reluctance to engage in the peace process which, according to President Trump, is the policy of the American people and its president.”
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“This thing cannot continue forever,” he continued. “There are not enough Ukrainian lives, there is not enough American money, and there is not enough ammunition to finance this thing indefinitely. The only realistic way to bring this thing to a regulation is the path of President Trump. We encourage both President Zelensky and President Putin to follow this path.”
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A Senior Trump Administration An official said to Fox News On Monday afternoon, that he temporarily suspended all American military aid to Ukraine following the dungeon until the president determines that the Ukrainians show a commitment to the peace negotiations in good faith.
