Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly clashed on Friday (February 28), with Zelenskyy urging Trump to be cautious with Russia and Trump accusing him of being disrespectful, as simmering differences spilled into the open.
Zelensky pushed back on Trump’s claims that Ukrainian cities have been reduced to rubble by three years of war. Trump stressed that Putin wants to make a deal.
“You are gambling with World War Three,” Trump told Zelensky at one point, urging him to be more thankful.
Vice President JD Vance interjected that it was disrespectful of him to come to the Oval Office to litigate his position, a point Trump agreed with.
Trump told Zelensky he either needed to make a deal or the United States was out.