Ukraine President VolodyMyr Zensky said he wants Donald Trump to be 'more on our side', refused to apologize in his first major interview since his disaster pawl and public collision with Trump and JD Vance.
The tense Word War that took place in the Oval Office, went off the rails on Friday after Trump had taken offense how Zolensky treated his vice president JD Vance for the cameras.
Zensky, speaking with Fox News, was asked by Point Blank by Bret Baier if he owed Trump an apology and was a filibuster twice before he refused and tried to be merciful and to add: “I am not sure if we did something bad.”
'We are grateful to Americans for all your support, you have done a lot, I am President Trump and grateful to the two -part support of the congress. You helped us a lot from the start, you helped us to survive. We are strategic partners. '
When it was asked again, he refused again and tried to explain his own position.
'We have to be honest and we have to be directly with each other. Nobody wants to finish more than we are in this war, in this struggle for freedom for our lives, “he said.
He said he needs Trump to be 'on the same side' and needs him to stop Vladimir Putin.
“I want President Trump to be more on our side,” he said when Baier asked if he thought it was good that Trump was 'in the middle' of negotiations.
Ukraine President VolodyMyr Zensky refused to apologize in his first major interview since his disaster pawn and public collapse with Donald Trump and JD Vance
A verbal spit between the Ukrainian president Zensky and vice president JD Vance started an angry oval office meeting
“Trump said he will stop the war and I hope he will do that. We must put pressure on him with Europe. '
Zensky then tried to quote former President Ronald Reagan by saying what he wanted in a deal.
“Peace is not just the absence of war. We are talking about a just, lasting peace, “he said.
Zensky also said that Trump was lying when the president said he wants to go back to the White House and now want a do-over.
'No. First of all we want peace, so we are in the US. The deal for minerals is the first step towards security guarantees, it is the first step closer to peace. We have a difficult situation to understand that it is in Ukraine, “he said.
He added: 'But I respect my soldiers and our people, our citizens who work and support our warriors. I can't just stop because everyone is afraid that Putin will come back tomorrow. '
Zensky added that he respects Trump and the American people, but repeated that he felt that he was honest.
'I think this kind of spit is not good for both parties. I cannot change our Ukra posture compared to Russia. They are murderers for us. This is very clear that Americans are the best friends, Europeans are the best friends. It does not mean that we do not want peace, we recognize the reality of the situation. '
Zelensky, speaking with Fox News, was asked by Point Blank by Point Blank if he owed Trump an apology and was twice a filibuster before he refused and tried to be merciful and added instead: “I am not sure if we did something bad”
He also said that his country wants peace and diplomacy and said they are willing to negotiate, to what Trump said he wants to “fight fighting fights.”
'Ukraine wants peace and we will have diplomacy, we will have negotiations. It is about just and permanent peace, we must be very strong at the table of negotiations, “he said.
Finally, Baier asked him if his relationship with Trump could be repaired after this mess.
'Yes, of course, because they are more than two presidents relationships. It is strong relationships between our people and that is why I always thank your people from our people. '
Officials of the White House told DailyMail.com The beautiful confrontation was no form of with premeditated TAG team that was designed to humiliate the Sjilper Zensky to try to make his hard negotiation position or to win the benefit in some way in a rare earth minerals.
Trump had been pleasant with Zensky to start their interactions, although Trump's first comment, trapped on a hot-mic, was a GLIB comment about his informal clothing. (Zensky has been placed as a statement since the infringement of the 2022 of Russia in his country.)
“Zensky should not have left JD,” said a senior civil servant of the White House in the minutes after the beautiful confrontation took place on television. The officer said that the excavations of Zensky Trump, 78, led his 40-year number two to defend and the situation escalated quickly.
The collision with the VP that started from the angry back and forth came in a meeting where Zensky was on Trump's peat in an attempt to try to obtain security guarantees in a rare earth minerals who say that Trump will offer a form of protection by offering our business interests in his country.
Sources said the collision was not planned and that Zensky should not have been entangled with the VP in the Oval Office
The White House was looking for appreciation. Instead, some gestures of Zensky were interpreted as if he could not tolerate what he heard.
“This was not planned at all,” said a source that was familiar with the situation, and denied that it was a kind of premeditated.
As hot when things came to the Oval Office, there were indications that President Trump enjoyed the Blowup after he unfolded.
“This will be a great television, I will say,” Trump noted at the end.
Trump called on a Polish reporter established in the US who pressed him to the American attitude towards Russia. Trump called the question 'Dom'. But later in an exchange that lasted 50 minutes, Trump called on the same reporter – whose questions made Vance said to say that Ukraine had been ungrateful for billions in American support.
Vance blamed earlier Democratic American administrations for not stopping Russia, but Zensky tried to switch the conversation back to Putin. “He killed people,” he said.
“About what kind of diplomacy, JD, are you talking about,” asked the Ukrainian, referring to Vance by his first name instead of his formal title.
The remark caused Vance – who gave Zelensky and then told by the visitor because he had not visited Ukraine as a senator, even while many others made the pilgrimage.
'I am talking about the kind of diplomacy that will end the destruction of your country, Mr. President [Zelensky]. Mr. the president, with respect. I think it is not respect for you to come to the Oval Office to litigate this for the American media, “Vance said.
“Have you ever been to Ukraine that you see the problems we have?” Zensky asked Vance, who voted in the Senate against a package last April with $ 61 billion in help for Ukraine.
'I have been there – I actually, I have seen and seen the stories, and I know what is happening is that you bring people. You bring them to a propaganda tour, Mr. President, shot back.
Then Trump jumped in to defend his vice president. 'You can be in a very poor position, and you are the same. You are not in a good position. You don't have the cards now. '
“I don't play cards,” said Zensky and spoke about him.
“Thank you once?” Vance Zensky shot into the sea of fire at a certain moment.
“Just say thank you,” Vance told him. “I said it often,” said Zensky.
Zelensky's first words had been: “Thank you very much, Mr. President, thank you for the invitation” – although Vance seemed to be to seek gratitude for the massive infusion of military help.
Zensky could have a beef with Zensky about some of his earlier comments. “I have to be honest with you, I don't really care what happens to Ukraine in one way or another,” Vance said in 2022, even when members of both parties gathered throughout the country.
And when Vance spoke at the Munich safety conference this month, he increased problems with freedom of expression compared to the Russian threat.
'The threat that I am most concerned about compared to Europe is not Russia. It's not China. It is not another external actor, “Vance said at the time. “What I'm worried about is the threat from the inside – the retreat of Europe from some of the most fundamental values, shared values with the United States of America.”
