The world received a front-row seat to the escalating tensions between the White Home and the Ukrainian authorities as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance raised their voices in a heated argument with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the White Home on Friday.
Zelenskyy was there to signal a deal that may have given the U.S. uncommon minerals from his nation, nonetheless, the Ukrainian president left the White Home shortly after the argument — canceling the presidents’ deliberate press convention within the course of.
Vance chimed in when Zelenskyy talked concerning the nation’s historical past in coping with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the vice chairman falsely claimed that Zelenskyy had not thanked the U.S. for its support to the war-torn nation.
Trump joined in and escalated the argument.
“You are playing with World Warfare Three. You are playing with World Warfare Three. And what you are doing may be very disrespectful to the nation,” Trump stated.
Listed here are the images of the interplay:
President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace on the White Home in Washington, Feb. 28, 2025.
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President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Vice President JD Vance reacts on the White Home in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025.
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President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the White Home in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) talks with President Donald Trump (R) within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC, Feb. 28, 2025.
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President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the White Home in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025.
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President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC, Feb. 28, 2025.
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President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts on the White Home in Washington, Feb. 28, 2025.
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President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the White Home in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025.
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President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) meet within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, Feb. 28, 2025.
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President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace on the White Home in Washington, Feb. 28, 2025.
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Vice President JD Vance speaks whereas attending a gathering between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, Feb. 28, 2025.
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Vice President JD Vance speaks whereas attending a gathering between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, Feb. 28, 2025.
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Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova along with her head in her arms throughout a gathering between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, Feb. 28, 2025.
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Vice President JD Vance speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as President Donald Trump listens within the Oval Workplace on the White Home, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky leaves the White Home after assembly with President Donald Trump, in Washington, Feb. 28, 2025.
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