The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy responded for the first time since his Oval Office Blowup with President Donald Trump on Friday with a social media post that the United States thanked.
“Thank you America, thanks for your support, thanks for this visit,” Zenskyyy Posted on X. ‘Thank you @potus. Congress and the American people. Ukraine needs fair and lasting peace, and we work exactly for that. “
The position was the first remark of Zenskyy, because a meeting with Trump and Vice President JD Vance changed a screaming game in the White House with the three leaders who argued about what “maps” possessed Ukraine and whether Zenskyy has shown sufficient gratitude to the United States.
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President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian President Volodyymyr Zenskyy meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, 28 February 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty images)
A planned press conference on Friday was canceled after the heated exchange and Zenskyy was firmly left the White House in a waiting car and driving away.
