CNN reports:
After President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky got into an extraordinary shouting match, Trump huddled with his key advisers inside the Oval Office.
Trump consulted Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his other top advisers after the dramatic showdown where Trump and Vance accused Zelensky of being ungrateful for US aid, according to a White House official.
That was when Trump ultimately decided that Zelensky was “not in a place to negotiate.” He directed Rubio and his national security adviser Mike Waltz to deliver the message: it was time for Zelensky to leave.
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How we doin bud? pic.twitter.com/alhneak6t6
— Jim Newell (@jim_newell) February 28, 2025
It took me 30 seconds to find at least ten postings from Zelensky directly thanking the United States for their support. There are many more.
This is pure BS. https://t.co/YY33kmyLIB pic.twitter.com/hCBFIQVo1N
— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) February 28, 2025
Russia seems pretty pleased with what it witnessed in the Oval Office today. https://t.co/hJznvwCJ9Y
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) February 28, 2025
Fixed that for you https://t.co/DpbMbb7JJG pic.twitter.com/HHVINoJ7AI
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) February 28, 2025
WTF. Trump points at Zelensky: “You see the hatred he’s got for Putin. He’s got tremendous hatred”
PUTIN INVADED HIS COUNTRY AND KILLED 50,000 PEOPLE.
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) February 28, 2025
Washington, Madison, Lincoln, FDR, Ike, etc. “stood up for America” far more than Trump could ever be capable of doing. Although I agree not one of them or any other American president would have thought that disgraceful display was “standing up” for anything other than his ego. pic.twitter.com/UfJr7pNtvZ
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 28, 2025
Why wasn’t Zelenskyy wearing a suit in the White House! pic.twitter.com/TM0YUjSudI
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) February 28, 2025
Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who… https://t.co/oMoWZ7FmBL
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) February 28, 2025