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Donald Trump Foludmir Zelinsky accused “gambling with World War III”, where the US President summarized the meeting of the long -awaited Ukrainian leader in the White House and told him to return “when he is ready for peace.”
In a joint appearance in the Oval Office on Friday, the two leaders clashed even before their official meeting began, as the Ukrainian president’s attempt to improve tense relations with Washington was reverse.
“You do not have the cards in Zelinski, who has repeatedly indicated his need for American security guarantees,” Trump said. . . You are a gamble with the lives of millions of people. You are a gamble with World War III. “
The American President, who has criticized his Ukrainian counterpart several times in recent week [on the war]Or we are outside.
The extraordinary clash threw any attempt to end A three -year war. While Trump pushed a rapid agreement with Russia and Ukraine, Kiev said that there is no agreement that will be stable without supporting security in the United States.
Minutes after the introduction of the cameras, in a statement announcing the collapse of the White House talks, Trump wrote: “President Zelinski is not ready for peace if America is involved, because he feels that our participation gives him a great advantage in negotiations.”
He added: “I do not want an advantage, I want peace. It does not respect the United States of America in its dear oval office. It can return when he is ready for peace.”
On Friday afternoon, Zelenskyy wrote on X: “Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you Potos, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs peace and lasting, and we are working exactly for that.”
During the oval office meeting, Vice President JD Vance Zelenskyy criticized, saying he was not enough to support the Trump administration.
Later on Friday, Trump said that the meeting with Zelinski “did not succeed significantly from his point of view. He showed a lot of his hand. We are looking for peace.”
“He looks forward to continuing, fighting and fighting,” Trump said. “We look forward to ending death.”
After the meeting exploded in the Oval Office, US officials gathered and decided to tell Zellinski to leave, a White House official said. Two American officials were sent to the Roosevelt room, where the Ukrainians were waiting, to ask them to leave.
The official said that one of the Ukrainian proposed a meeting between Trump and Zelinski to calm tensions, but the United States said no.
The Ukrainian fiery conflict, who was expecting to see the signing of the metal deal that Zelensky, hoped to help move a major ally from providing guarantees that could enhance the ceasefire in the future.
A person with Zelinski at the Oval Office of the Financial Times said that the meeting had ended without signing the deal.
On Friday evening, when Fox News was asked if he was a debtor to Trump an apology, Zelinski said: “I respect the president, I respect the American people. I think we should be very open and very honest and I am not sure that we did something bad.”
“This is not good for both sides,” he added. When asked if his relationship with Trump could be saved, he said: “Yes, of course.”
The fighting expands in an extraordinary week as the United States stood with Russia, China and countries like North Korea and Belarus in the United Nations against historical allies such as the United Kingdom and France.
European officials were behind the scenes of the Oval Office, where one of the senior diplomats concluded that “we are alone” and half of the Trump administration as “unavailable.”
The diplomat added: “We finally need to wake up and realize:” This is it. “
During the conflict, the Ukraine ambassador to Washington was seen Oksana Marcarova closing her eyes, dropping her head and absorbing her nose bridge when the argument escalated.
Zelinski said that previous discussions with President Vladimir Putin, starting with the inclusion of Crimea for the year 2014, failed to prevent Russia from attacking Ukraine again.
“He broke the ceasefire, he killed our people,” Zelinski said. “What kind of diplomacy are you asking about?” He said, in response to Vans that the United States was trying to diplomacy.
“Since the beginning of the war, we have been alone,” Zelinski added.
Vans, who asked, “Do you think it is respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?”
The Ukrainian leader answered: “During the war, everyone faces problems, even you, but you have [a] Beautiful ocean and do not feel [it] Now, but you will feel it in the future. “Trump answered that Zelinski was” not allowed to dictate what we will feel. “
Trump’s pressure and Fans on Zelinski to thank the United States. “You don’t win. You don’t win this. You have a good chance to go out, because of us.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Friday afternoon, Republican Senator and Trump Lindsey Graham said that Zellinski should step down if he was not ready to work with the administration.
“He needs either resignation and sending someone around him that we can deal with, or need to change,” said Graham.
Zelenskyy was seeking a seat at the negotiating table after Trump blinded Kyiv and other European capitals by launching direct talks with Putin to end the conflict.
Leaders were also appointed to sign the metal deal to create a joint “investment fund” between the United States and the volcanic obtaining half of all revenues from the “future liquefaction” of the country’s natural resources.
Zelinski’s visit to the United States followed the calls of British Prime Minister Sir Kerr Stir and France President Emmanuel Macron to pressure Trump to provide “Bobby” with European peace diseases in Ukraine after the fighting ended.
Trump also rejected the promise of the American forces, as Starmer and Zelinski hoped.
“Your dignity honors the courage of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be without fear. You are never alone, dear President Zelinski,” said Ursula von der Lin, President of the European Commission, and Antonio Costa, President of the European Council.
He participated in additional reports for Henry Foy in Brussels and Lila Abboud in Paris
