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WASHINGTON -- With Ukraine's aboriginal successful the balance, a high-stakes gathering connected Friday betwixt President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy devolved into a shouting match.
The stunning exchange, earlier cameras and 1 dissimilar immoderate different successful the Oval Office successful modern times, saw Trump and Vice President JD Vance rebuke Zelenskyy for his handling of the war, again falsely blaming the Ukrainian person for a struggle that began erstwhile Russia's Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion.
Zelenskyy was successful Washington to motion an statement that would springiness the U.S. entree to Ukraine's mineral resources. But that was earlier boiling tensions exploded into nationalist presumption arsenic Trump and Vance accused Zelenskyy of being "disrespectful" toward the United States and the Trump administration.
Their quality conference, wherever they were to motion the deal, was canceled. Trump issued a terse connection and Zelenskyy near soon after.
WATCH FULL EXCHANGE: Zelenskyy gets into heated statement with Trump, Vance
President Donald Trump shouted astatine Ukraine's person connected Friday during an bonzer gathering successful the Oval Office
"I person determined that President Zelenskyy is not acceptable for Peace if America is involved, due to the fact that helium feels our engagement gives him a large vantage successful negotiations," Trump said successful a societal media post. "I don't privation advantage, I privation PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America successful its cherished Oval Office. He tin travel backmost erstwhile helium is acceptable for Peace."
Here are cardinal takeaways.
Trump threatens Zelenskyy: 'Make a woody oregon we're out'
After boxing Ukraine and Europe retired of archetypal bid talks with Russia, Trump is continuing to assertion Ukraine doesn't person the "cards close now."
"You're gambling with World War III," Trump told Zelenskyy arsenic they talked implicit each different successful the Oval Office.
The American president past seemed to present a benignant of ultimatum to the Ukrainian leader.
"You're either going to marque a woody oregon we're out," Trump said. "And if we're out, you'll combat it out. I don't deliberation it's going to beryllium pretty, but you'll combat it out."
President Donald Trump has shouted astatine Ukraine's person during an bonzer gathering successful the Oval Office, berating President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for "gambling with millions of lives" and suggesting his actions could trigger World War III.
Vance gets involved, confronts Zelenskyy
At 1 point, Vance stepped successful to support Trump's diplomatic approach, including his talks with Putin, and instrumentality purpose astatine Zelenskyy.
Vance demanded to cognize whether Zelensky has said "thank you" once.
"Mr. President, with respect, I deliberation it's disrespectful for you to travel into the Oval Office and effort to litigate this successful beforehand of the American media," Vance said to Zelenskyy. "Right now, you guys are going astir enforcing conscripts to the beforehand lines due to the fact that you person manpower problems. You should beryllium thanking the president for trying to bring an extremity to this conflict."
Zelenskyy tried to interject to inquire Vance if he's ever been to Ukraine to spot the destruction.
"First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, adjacent you. But you person bully water and don't consciousness now, but you volition consciousness it successful the future," helium told Vance.
Trump past jumped successful again to chastise Zelenskyy: "Don't archer america what we're going to feel. We're trying to lick a problem. Don't archer america what we're going to feel."
Zelenskyy calls Putin a 'terrorist'
Prior to the blow-up betwixt the leaders, Zelenskyy had harsh words for Putin.
"I truly number connected your beardown presumption to halt Putin," Zelenskyy said to Trump. "And you said that capable with the war. I deliberation that's precise important being to accidental these words to Putin astatine the precise beginning, astatine the precise opening of war, due to the fact that helium is simply a slayer and terrorist. But I anticipation that unneurotic we tin halt him."
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The comments travel amid the extremist displacement successful U.S. overseas argumentation that saw the U.S. archetypal clasp bid talks with Russian counterparts. Trump has called Zelenskyy a "dictator" but has declined to telephone Putin the same. On Thursday, Trump said helium trusts Putin to "keep his word" if a woody is reached.
On Friday, Trump pushed backmost that helium wasn't "aligned" with Putin.
"I'm not aligned with Putin. I'm not aligned with anybody. I'm aligned with the United States of America, and for the bully of the world. I'm live with the world, and I privation to get this happening implicit with," Trump said.
But helium past seemed to suggest Zelenskyy was a large obstacle successful negotiations: "You spot the hatred he's got for Putin? It's precise pugnacious for maine to marque a woody with that benignant of hate."
