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Edited by Jenna Moon in London and Brandon Livesay in New York, with Myroslava Petsa and Bernd Debusmann Jr reporting from the White House Zelensky says there should be "no compromises" with Vladimir Putin - but Trump says Kyiv will have to make concessions to reach a peace deal with Russia It was an extraordinary couple of hours.
A tense exchange between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flared into a very public argument in the Oval Office Friday, exposing big differences between the two leaders over the degree of trust in Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
J.D. Vance may have been hoping for a relaxing weekend of skiing up in Vermont ... but, instead he nearly got taken out by another skier -- and called "Putin's puppet."
Vance, and Volodymyr Zelensky—during which Trump finally shattered the American alliance with Ukraine—one was particularly revealing: What, a reporter asked, would happen if the cease-fire Trump is trying to negotiate were to be violated by Russia?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went to the White House to meet with President Donald Trumpand Vice President J.D. Vanceto try to strike a deal for peace between Ukraine and Russia — but it ended in a screaming match.
The answers to these questions are of utmost importance to the free world, the people of Ukraine, to our friends in Kharkiv, and all of us in Cincinnati who believe in democracy, freedom and the rule of law. Bob Herring is president of the Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Partnership.
Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it’s disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media. Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems.
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It Was an Ambush
Friday marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
Illinois lawmakers are speaking out after a tense White House meeting Friday between President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.