In a tense meeting at the White House, Trump accused Zelensky of risking war while the two leaders debated the future of Ukraine
US President Donald Trump accused Volodymyr Zelensky of “playing with World War II,” while a White House meeting over the end of the Ukraine war has become a tense dispute. According to the Financial Times, raising his voice to Zelensky, Trump said on Friday (28): “You don’t have the cards now with us, you start having problems now. You are betting on the lives of millions of people. You are betting on World War IIr. ”
Vice President Jd Vance said, “Do you think it’s respectful to come to the United States Oval Hall and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?”
‼️A heated back and forth between @ZelenskyyUa, @POTUS, and @VP now in the Oval. pic.twitter.com/j1YCy4Jm3K
— Misha Komadovsky (@komadovsky) February 28, 2025
The Ukrainian leader replied: “Everyone has problems, even you, but you have a beautiful ocean and don’t feel [isso] Now, but you will feel in the future. ”
Zelensky has been looking for a negotiating table after Trump surprised Kiev and other European capitals by starting direct negotiations with Putin about the end of the conflict.
Trump said on Friday that Ukrainian President “will have to make concessions,” adding that Kiev “will not fight again” if a peace agreement is closed, according to the first media reports about the meeting.
Leaders are also ready to sign a mineral agreement that would create an “investment fund” USA-UCRANIA SET that would receive 50 percent of all “future monetization” revenues of Kiev’s natural resources.
The text does not bring explicit US security guarantees that Zelensky had sought, but Trump said the presence of US workers and interests in Ukraine would be a sufficient impediment to possible Russian aggression.
On Friday, Trump described the agreement as “very fair.”
Trump says Zelensky “is not winning”
Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelensky “is not gaining it” and warned the Ukrainian President that if he had no US military equipment, the war would have ended in two weeks.
“You are not winning. You are not winning this. You have a very good chance of going well, because of us, ”said Trump. “You spoke a lot. Your country is in great trouble. ”
"You gotta be thankful. You don’t have the cards," President Trump tells President Zelensky during a heated exchange.
After the standoff, I asked President Zelensky in Ukrainian about his mood. He responded with a thumbs-up. pic.twitter.com/zITqOwOvwH
— Misha Komadovsky (@komadovsky) February 28, 2025
In a tense exchange where Trump and his US Vice President Jd Vance accused Zelensky of not being grateful for US support.
“We gave you, through this idiot president, $ 350 billion … If you didn’t have our military equipment, this war would have ended in two weeks,” said Trump. “It will be very difficult to do business like that.”
President Donald Trump accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of “playing with World War I” while an oval hall meeting became tense.
Trump raised his voice with Zelensky, telling him “You’re not really in a good position now” after Vance called Zelensky “disrespectful” for litigating the conflict in front of the American media.
US Vice President JD Vance raised old election campaign offenses, including criticism of Zelensky for making a campaign visit with the Democrats in Pennsylvania and not grateful to the US.
“You are with few soldiers … and then tell us you don’t want a ceasefire,” Trump said.
Source: https://www.ocafezinho.com/2025/02/28/trump-ataca-zelensky-em-embate-tenso-no-salao-oval/
