{"id":9543,"date":"2025-02-28T23:02:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T23:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/excerpts-from-the-fiery-exchange-between-trump-and-zelensky-at-the-white-house\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T23:02:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T23:02:32","slug":"excerpts-from-the-fiery-exchange-between-trump-and-zelensky-at-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/excerpts-from-the-fiery-exchange-between-trump-and-zelensky-at-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Excerpts From the Fiery Exchange Between Trump and Zelensky at the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A meeting between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday turned into an angry showdown at the Oval Office. At times cross talk made some comments difficult to understand. Here are key excerpts from the heated exchange.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump (responding to a reporter):<\/strong> I\u2019m not aligned with Putin. I\u2019m not aligned with anybody. I\u2019m aligned with the United States of America. And for the good of the world. I\u2019m aligned with the world. And I want to get this thing over with. You see the hatred he\u2019s got for Putin. It\u2019s very tough for me to make a deal with that kind of hate. He\u2019s got tremendous hatred. And I understand that. But I can tell you the other side isn\u2019t exactly in love with him either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">So it\u2019s not a question of alignment. I\u2019m aligned with the world. I want to get the thing set. I\u2019m aligned with Europe. I want to see if we can get this thing done. You want me to be tough? I can be tougher than any human being you\u2019ve ever seen. I\u2019d be so tough. But you\u2019re never going to get a deal that way. So that\u2019s the way it goes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vice President JD Vance:<\/strong> I will respond to this. So look, for four years in the United States of America, we had a president who stood up at press conferences and talked tough about Vladimir Putin. And then Putin invaded Ukraine and destroyed a significant chunk of the country. The path to peace and the path to prosperity is maybe engaging in diplomacy. We tried the pathway of Joe Biden, of thumping our chest and pretending that the president of the United States\u2019 words mattered more than the president of the United States\u2019 actions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">What makes America a good country is America engaging in diplomacy. That\u2019s what President Trump is doing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> Yeah. OK. He occupied it, our parts. Big parts of Ukraine. Part of east and Crimea. So he occupied it on 2014. So during a lot of years, I\u2019m not speaking about just Biden. But those times was Obama, then President Obama, then President Trump, then President Biden, now the President Trump. And God bless: Now President Trump will stop him. But during 2014, nobody stopped him. He just occupied and took. He killed people. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky<\/strong>: 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vance:<\/strong> 2014 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> 2014. I was not here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> But during 2014 \u2019til 2022.(\u2026)<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations. My bilateral conversation. And we signed with him. Me, like a new president. In 2019, I signed with him the deal I signed with him, Macron and Merkel. We signed cease-fire, cease-fire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him. Gas contract. Gas contract. But after that, he broken the cease-fire. He killed our people and he didn\u2019t exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners, but he didn\u2019t do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about? What do you mean?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vance:<\/strong> I\u2019m talking about the kind of diplomacy that\u2019s going to end the destruction of your country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vance:<\/strong> Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect. I think it\u2019s disrespectful for you to come to the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media. Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have man power problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> Have you ever been to Ukraine? You say what problems we have.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vance:<\/strong> I have been to\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> Come once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vance:<\/strong> I\u2019ve actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you\u2019ve had problems bringing people into your military?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> We have problems. I will answer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vance:<\/strong> And do you think that it\u2019s respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky<\/strong>: A lot of questions. Let\u2019s start from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vance:<\/strong> Sure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. But you have nice ocean and don\u2019t feel now, but you will feel it in the future. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> You don\u2019t know that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> God bless, you will not have a war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> Don\u2019t tell us what we\u2019re going to feel. We\u2019re trying to solve a problem. Don\u2019t tell us what we\u2019re going to feel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> I\u2019m not telling you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump: <\/strong>Because you\u2019re in no position to dictate that. Remember this: You\u2019re in no position to dictate what we\u2019re going to feel. We\u2019re going to feel very good.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> You will feel influence. I\u2019m telling you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> We\u2019re going to feel very good and very strong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> You will feel influence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> You\u2019re right now not in a very good position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> You\u2019ve allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. And he happens to be right about. You\u2019re not in a good position. You don\u2019t have the cards right now. With us you start having cards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> I\u2019m not playing cards. I\u2019m very serious, Mr. President. I\u2019m very serious. I\u2019m the president in a war\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump: <\/strong>You\u2019re playing cards. You\u2019re playing cards. You\u2019re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You\u2019re gambling with World War III. You\u2019re gambling with World War III. And what you\u2019re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country, that\u2019s backed you far more than a lot of people said they should have.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vance:<\/strong> Have you said \u2018thank you\u2019 once this entire meeting? No. In this entire meeting, have you said \u2018thank you\u2019? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who is trying to save your country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> Please. You think that if you will speak very loudly about the war, you\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> He\u2019s not speaking loudly. He\u2019s not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Wait a minute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> Can I answer?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> No. No. You\u2019ve done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> I know. I know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> You\u2019re not winning. You\u2019re not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out OK because of us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky: <\/strong>Mr. President, we are staying in our country, staying strong, from the very beginning of the war, we\u2019ve been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet, and only in this cabinet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> You haven\u2019t been alone. We gave you through this stupid president, $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. And your men are brave. But they had to use our military. If you didn\u2019t have our military equipment\u2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> You invited me\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> If you didn\u2019t have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> In three days. I heard it from Putin: in three days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> Maybe less.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> This is something, in two weeks. Of course. Yes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> It\u2019s going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. I tell you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vance:<\/strong> Just say thank you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> I said it a lot of times thank you to the American people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vance:<\/strong> Accept that there are disagreements. And let\u2019s go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American media when you\u2019re wrong. We know that you\u2019re wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> But you see, I think it\u2019s good for the American people to see what\u2019s going on. I think it\u2019s very important. That\u2019s why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky:<\/strong> I am thankful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump:<\/strong> You don\u2019t have the cards. You\u2019re buried there, your people are dying. You\u2019re running low on soldiers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky<\/strong>: Don\u2019t, please, Mr. President.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump<\/strong>: Listen. You\u2019re running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing. Then you tell us, \u2018I don\u2019t want a cease-fire. I don\u2019t want a cease-fire. I want to go, and I want this.\u2019 Look, if you could get a cease-fire right now, I\u2019d tell you, you take it. So the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky<\/strong>: Of course we want to stop the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump<\/strong>: But you\u2019re saying you don\u2019t want a cease-fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky<\/strong>: But I said to you, with guarantees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump<\/strong>: I want a cease-fire, because you\u2019ll get a cease-fire faster than an agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky<\/strong>: Ask our people about cease-fire, what they think\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump<\/strong>: There wasn\u2019t with me. That wasn\u2019t with me. That was with a guy named Biden who was not a smart person. That was with Obama.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky<\/strong>: It was your president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump<\/strong>: Excuse me. That was with Obama, who gave you sheets, and I gave you javelins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky<\/strong>: Yes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump<\/strong>: I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is: Obama gave sheets, and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful because let me tell you, you don\u2019t have the cards. With us, you have the cards. But without us, you don\u2019t have any cards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s going to be a tough deal to make because the attitudes have to change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Reporter:<\/strong> What if Russia breaks cease-fire? What if Russia breaks peace talks? What do you do then? I understand that it\u2019s a heated conversation?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump<\/strong>: What are you saying?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Vance:<\/strong> She\u2019s asking: What if Russia breaks the cease-fire?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump<\/strong>: What if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? OK? What if they broke it? I don\u2019t know, they broke it with Biden because Biden, they didn\u2019t respect him. They didn\u2019t respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, shifty Adam Schiff. It was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that. And he did go through it. We didn\u2019t end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden\u2019s bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden\u2019s bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, \u2018Oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia.\u2019 The 51 agents. The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: He might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did. Maybe. Maybe he didn\u2019t. I don\u2019t know what happened. But he didn\u2019t break them with me. He wants to make a deal. I don\u2019t know if he can make a deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The problem is, I\u2019ve empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don\u2019t think you\u2019d be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Zelensky<\/strong>: Thank you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Trump<\/strong>: But you\u2019re either going to make a deal or we\u2019re out. And if we\u2019re out, you\u2019ll fight it out. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be pretty, but you\u2019ll fight it out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But you don\u2019t have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you\u2019re in a much better position. But you\u2019re not acting at all thankful. And that\u2019s not a nice thing. I\u2019ll be honest. That\u2019s not a nice thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">All right. I think we\u2019ve seen enough. What do you think, huh? This is going to be great television. I will say that. All right. We\u2019ll see what we can do about putting it together. 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