Read the transcript of Trump, Zelenskyy and Vance’s chaotic meeting
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Zelenskyy left the White House in his motorcade shortly after the meeting wrapped up, and a joint press conference with Trump scheduled for Friday afternoon was cancelled.
Tempers ran high in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday as a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Vice-President JD Vance turned chaotic.
The moment was captured by several cameras of American media outlets that were rolling during the meeting.
Zelenskyy left the White House in his motorcade shortly after the meeting wrapped up, and a joint press conference with Trump scheduled for Friday afternoon was cancelled. The Associated Press and Reuters reported that the deal with the U.S. was not signed.
Here’s a transcript of the meeting from when the video recording began.
Zelenskyy: Yes, yes, but after that, he broke the ceasefire. He killed our people and he didn’t exchange prisoners. We signed the exchange of prisoners. But he didn’t do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you asking me about? What do you mean?
Vance: I’m talking about the kind of diplomacy that’s going to end the destruction of your country.
Zelenskyy: Yes, but if—
Vance: Mr. President, Mr. President, with respect, I think it’s disrespectful for you to come to the Oval Office to 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 manpower problems. You should be thanking the president—
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