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Mike Waltz added that productive negotiations and a minerals deal would have been a "positive moment for UkraineNEW YORK, March 1. /TASS/. The entire team of US President Donald Trump has unanimously advised him to stop any negotiations with Vladimir Zelensky after the heated exchange in the White House on Friday, US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said. “We had a meeting after that exchange, after the press was asked to leave, and we advised the president pretty much unanimously that after that insult in the Oval Office we just do not see how that could move forward, that any...

At the tail end of the fiery Oval Office exchange pitting Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky against President Trump and Vice President Vance, Trump spent two heated minutes on a theme the media will likely bury. “Putin went through a hell of a lot with me,” said Trump. “He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia. Russia. Russia. Russia.” What Trump did not say, but he might have, is that the constant scapegoating of Russia and Putin made America’s proxy war against Russia an easy sell. What Trump might also have said is that before he...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took to social media Saturday to clarify comments he made during the contentious back-and-forth with President Trump at the White House a day earlier, saying lasting peace in Eastern Europe would be “difficult” without U.S. support. Zelensky, in a lengthy thread on the social platform X, expressed gratitude for the U.S. assistance to Kyiv during Russia’s three-year invasion of his country, reiterated the two nations’ “strategic” partnership and said no one wants peace more than Ukraine. “We’ve been fighting for 3 years, and Ukrainian people need to know that America is on our side,” Zelensky wrote,...

During a remarkably combative Oval Office meeting on Friday, both President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he was insufficiently thankful. “You have to be thankful. You don’t have the cards,” Trump said, adding a bit later, “You gotta be more thankful.” “Have you said thank you once this entire meeting?” Vance asked. Trump might have been referring to Zelensky’s posture toward Trump in particular, as Vance appeared to be. But as their heated exchange with Zelensky reverberates around the world, it’s worth noting that Zelensky has thanked the United States on numerous...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an unusual tactic rarely seen in high-level negotiations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky decided to try insulting the people he was begging for money from. Zelensky further decided that the best place to insult that person would be their work office, surrounded by dozens of colleagues, with several cameras recording the insult. "It is unorthodox, but I firmly believe going into a person's country, visiting them in their home, and then insulting them on national television is the best way to earn their trust and support," he explained. "First, I will explain that they do not know...

Just hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine sat down with President Trump in the Oval Office on Friday, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina dispensed some advice to the Ukrainian leader. “Don’t take the bait,” he said, encouraging him not to get into a spat with Mr. Trump. “I said, don’t get into arguments about security agreements,” Mr. Graham recalled on Friday evening in a brief telephone interview with The New York Times, as he sat aboard Air Force One preparing to fly to Florida with the president. Mr. Zelensky did not silence his concerns during his meeting with...

Live meeting between Zelensky and Keir Starmer.

After he was booted from the White House, he went to Fox Studio and had an invterview.It's been reported, when he left the country he flew to London. I would like to know where he is right now. Did he fly back to his country and explain to the people what happend in the Oval Office? Did he stay in London and meet with his handlers?

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance called Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disrespectful during their White House meeting Friday over bringing an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.Trump told Zelenskyy he was being disrespectful in his push for U.S. security commitments to keep his country safe from further Russian aggression."You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people," Trump said. "You're gambling with World War III, 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 have.""Your people are very brave, but, you're either going...

President Donald Trump said Friday he wants an “immediate” ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make peace or lose American support.Trump says he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, is ready for a peace deal.The statement comes after Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Zelenskyy for being “disrespectful” in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, then abruptly called off the signing of a minerals deal with the U.S.Amid reports Trump is considering holding up further aid from U.S. to Ukraine, the president was quoted as saying...

“give us the $250 billion which are here in Europe, frozen Russian assets”

It is long past time for the Europeans to show they are capable of defending their own continent. They’ve allowed their militaries to be hollowed out and when Europe speaks, no bad guy listens. I say this with great sadness: The last group of people that I would count on to defend freedom are the Europeans.

After receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in US aid, coming to the White House on Friday with more demands, and disrespecting President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is doubling down and demanding more US support on social media. “We’ve been fighting for 3 years, and Ukrainian people need to know that America is on our side,” the Ukrainian President said. “I want the U.S. to stand more firmly on our side.”This comes after he was booted from the White House for disrespecting President Trump and refusing to make peace with Russia.Things got heated in the Oval Office with President...

THE NEWS from Washington reached Ukraine in real time. In all corners of the country—in offices and trenches, cafes and factories—people watched President Donald Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance attack Volodymyr Zelensky, with claims that he had been “disrespectful”. On the front lines, amid artillery duels and explosions, those who could turned to messaging apps to express their anguish at the deliberate humiliation of their president. “Andriy”, an officer in a secret unit with access to the chats, says Mr Zelensky’s rating has been boosted among soldiers. “I don’t remember the last time someone said, this is over, time to...

Opinions...every has one. I chatted with Grok3. Opening proposal> See new posts A number of things happened yesterday that not being actually here in the U.S. you likely missed at the time of this video. I also watched the 6:00pm post action interview of Z with Brett Beier. Listening very carefully to him in that interview Z is not looking for a ceasefire/peace. Even in that interview Z wants security guarantees upfront. He wants to be treated as a member of NATO, even though his country is not in NATO. Second, this is where the 'world' might be reading the...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky must "find a way" to restore his relationship with US counterpart Donald Trump after the two clashed in the White House, NATO chief Mark Rutte told the BBC on Saturday. Rutte said that had talked to the Ukrainian leader and told him: "You have to find a way, dear Volodymyr, to restore your relationship with Donald Trump and the American administration."

VIDEOThe evidence, as you can see, is strong that Zelensky muttered "bitch" (or worse) in Ukrainian at J.D. Vance during the contentious White House meeting that everyone is talking about. Could one reason for Zelensky's behavior have to do with deprivation of La Cocaina for a few hours?

A lot has been written about the ‘blowout’ between Donald J. Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, or the ‘smackdown’ imposed by Trump and VP JD Vance over the increasingly frustrated Ukrainian leader. Trump called it a very meaningful meeting where the truth was arrived at under fire and pressure, and it seems that the doors of the White House are closed to ungrateful, impertinent Zelensky. ‘This is beyond a worst-case scenario for Ukraine’, commented The Telegraph journalist Roland Oliphant, on the joint appearance by Zelensky and Trump going sideways.

KYIV — President Trump’s special envoy to the Ukraine War urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sign the now-deferred mineral rights deal with Washington during the envoy’s visit to Kyiv last week, but Zelensky’s chief of staff insisted on the Friday Oval Office signing that went badly awry, a senior US official involved with the talks told The Post. After three days of intense negotiations, retired Gen. Keith Kellogg secured the long-sought agreement with Ukraine that would have provided Washington with 50% of all future proceeds from the European country’s lucrative critical and rare-earth minerals.

Friday on CNN’s “The Source,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to apologize for the dust-up between him and President Donald Trump earlier in the day. Rubio said the much-publicized moment made the entire visit by Zelensky a “waste of time.” “[W]hat specifically do you want to see President Zelensky apologize for?” CNN host Kaitlin Collins asked. “Well, apologize for turning this thing into the fiasco for him that it became,” Rubio replied. “There was no need for him to go in there and become antagonistic. Look, this thing went off the rails. You were...