The White House witnessed a lively path between US President Donald Trump and his assistant, Jay de Verse, on the one hand, and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zellinski, on the other.
Donald Trump told Volidemir Zelinsky that he was not ready for peace, that his country was in difficulty and that he does not win in war and that Zelinski must be grateful and accept a cease-fire.
As for his assistant, Jay de Vens, he said that it was a lack of respect for Zelinsky at the White House and the argument in front of the American media.
In the following details of the tense verbal argument which took place in the White House between Trump and Zelinski:
- Vans talks about the Trump administration approach to diplomacy behavior as the best option.
- Zellinski: What kind of diplomacy asks Jayd? What do you mean?
- Vans: I’m talking about diplomacy that will end the subsequent destruction of your country.
- Zellinski: Yes, but if …
- Vans: Mr. President, with respect, I see that it is inappropriate for you to come to the oval office and try to challenge this before the media in the United States. Now, your men are moving to force recruits to go on the front line because you have many problems. You must thank the president.
- Zellinski: Have you ever visited Ukraine to discover the problems we face?
- Vans: I saw stories and did what’s going on: you take people in a propaganda trip.
- Vans: Do you agree with me that you have a problem in recruiting people and do you think it is appropriate to come to the American-American office and to attack the administration which tries to avoid the destruction of your country?
- Zellinski: First of all during the war, everyone is facing problems, even you. You have great solutions and do not feel it now, but you will feel it in the future.
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- Trump: You don’t know it. Do not tell ourselves what we will feel. We try to find a solution to a problem. Do not tell ourselves what we will feel.
- Zellinski: I’m not telling you, I answer …
- Vans: This is precisely what you do …
- Trump raised his voice: I’m not in a site where you can dictate what we will feel. We will have a very comfortable and very strong feeling.
- Zelenxi tries to boycott him.
- Trump: You are no longer very good. You put yourself in a very bad situation. You don’t have the papers today. With us, I have papers. You risk the lives of millions of people, risking a third world war, and what you are doing is a lack of respect for this country.
- Vans: Did you thank once?
- Zellinski: Several times.
- Vans: No, I mean during this meeting, throughout this meeting, did you say thank you once? I went to Pennsylvania and I participated in an opposition campaign in October and I did not mention a single word of appreciation in the United States.
- Zellinski: Yes, you think that if he had talked about the war …
- Trump: He doesn’t speak loudly. Your country is in a large dilemma. No, you talked a lot. Your country is in a large dilemma.
- Zellinski: I know it.
- Trump: You don’t win, you have a good opportunity to go out appropriately thanks to us.
- Zellinski: We have maintained our strength since the start of the war. We were alone and say, and I said, thank you.
- Trump speaking in collaboration with Zelinski: you are not alone, we have provided military equipment to you. Your men are courageous, but they had our army. If you have not obtained our military equipment, the war would have ended within two weeks. Two days.
- Zellinski: I heard him from Putin … within three days.
- Trump: It will be very difficult to negotiate this way.
- Vans: Said thank you.
- Zellinski: I said it several times.
- Vans: I accept that there are differences and resolve these differences instead of trying to confront in front of the American media when you are wrong. And we know you are wrong.
- Trump: Your people die for many. Listen … So tell us that I want a ceasefire, and I don’t want to stop, I want to go, I want this and that “(…).
- Trump: Do not act as if you were grateful, and it’s not nice. I will be frank, it is not a good thing. I think we were satisfied. A good time of television. What is your opinion?