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This is the moment that Donald Trump’s emotions bubbled over for a second in the Oval Office, when he puts a hand on Zelensky’s arm in an effort to get him to pipe down.

Rob Crilly – Daily Mail.com Feb 28, 2025

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky‘s Oval Office meeting erupted into an unprecedented fight.

During the spectacular extended bust-up, Trump accused Zelensky of ‘gambling with World War III’ and at one point shoved the Ukraine leader.

Tempers flared with Vice President J.D. Vance also weighing in to give Zelensky a dressing down.

The extraordinarily angry confrontation threatened to overshadow talks for a ceasefire in the Ukraine-Russia war.

Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Zelensky went off the rails after about 40 minutes when the Ukrainian president said he had signed deals with Putin, but the Russian leader could not be trusted.

He was pushing back after Trump and Vance insisted that he must compromise with Putin after three years of resisting the Russian invasion.

The result was an extraordinary row as carefully laid diplomacy came undone. Trump raised his voice and VP Vance chimed in to question why Zelensky had not once said thank you in the Oval Office.

Trump shouted that Zelensky was gambling with millions of lives.

You’re gambling with World War Three. You’re gambling with World War Three, and what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that’s backed you far more than a lot of people say they should.

Vance chimed in by demanding that the Ukrainian president show some appreciation for Washington’s support. And he pointed out how Zelensky had toured a weapons facility in Pennsylvania, much to the anger of Republicans just before the election last year.

Have you said thank you, once, in this entire meeting? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who’s trying to save your country.

‘If you didn’t have our military equipment …’ he says, voice raised, giving the Ukrainian president’s arm a slight shove, ‘if you didn’t have our military equipment this war would have been over in two weeks.’

Zelensky fires straight back accusing Trump of echoing a Putin talking point.

 

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Trump gets into irate screaming match with Zelensky in Oval Office

Times Media – Feb 28, 2025


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