Vice-president JD Vance gave his perspective on the widespread spit in the White House between presidents last week Donald Trump and Volodyymyr ZenskyySaying that it all started when his answer to the question of a journalist asked the Ukrainian leader ‘off’.
“I think there was just a certain sense of it – there was a lack of respect. There was a certain sense of rights,” Vance said on Monday in an interview about “Hannity”, his first since the material.
During the meeting in the Oval Office, the former senator in Ohio explained the importance of Diplomation To put an end to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war when Zenskyy asked if he could follow.
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He described Russia’s illegal annexation of the Crimea in 2014, earlier failed peace agreements and a cease -the 2019 -which was violated by the Kremlin.
“What kind of diplomacy, JD, you talk about? What do you mean?” Early Zenskyy unbelievable.
“I am talking about the kind of diplomacy that will end the destruction of your country,” Vance replied. “I Think it is disrespectful If you come to the Oval Office to litigate this for the American media … You should thank the president for trying to put an end to this conflict. “
He then reprimanded the Ukrainian leader because he was ungrateful to American help and wondered if he had even said during their meeting. Zenskyy has thanked the United States several times for its support on its X account and during an address of December 2022 to the congress.
President of Ukraine VolodyMyr Zenskyy during a briefing with a press on July 8, 2023 in LVIV, Ukraine. (Mykola Tys/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Vance told Fox News -Guestheer Sean Hannity Monday that he tried to make the situation harmless and claimed that he was trying to conduct the conversation privately.
“The president was like, no, actually I don’t want to have it private anymore. I want to have it This actual conversation In public for the American people to see, “said the vice president.
Trump and Zenskyy were concerned with a tense and unprecedented back and forth where the president claimed that the Ukrainian leader “gambled with the Second World War”.
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Trump wrote on his social social platform that his counterpart could come back “When he is ready for peace.”
President Donald Trump waves his vehicle when he arrives at the Trump International Golf Club, Monday 17 February 2025, in West Palm Beach, FLA. (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’s very important that President Zenskyy And of course, President Putin, they both have to come to the negotiating table. And that is ultimately where things broke up, “VANCE explained.
“I really don’t care what President Zenskyy says about me or someone else. But he showed a clear unwillingness to participate in the peace process that President Trump said is the policy of the American people and their 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.
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A senior trump administration Officially Fox News Monday afternoon that it temporarily saved all American military aid to Ukraine after the spit until the president finds that the Ukrainians show a dedication to good loyalty negotiations.
