
Zelenskyy's Future Uncertain After Historic Oval Office Clash With Trump
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Foreign leaders rallied around Zelenskyy this weekend, but Trump still has the power to cause lasting damage to Kyiv's war effort against Russia.
The showdown between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office Friday laid bare the hard choices that lie ahead for the Ukrainian leader as his country continues fighting the three-year war prompted by Russia’s invasion.
After Trump admonished Zelenskyy in front of the whole world, accusing him of “gambling with World War III” for arguing that Russian President Vladimir Putin can’t be trusted, Trump’s GOP allies rushed to Trump’s defense, claiming that now might be the time for Zelenskyy to step aside.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a former vocal supporter of Ukraine in Congress, claimed that Zelenskyy “has almost made it impossible to sell it to the American people that he’s a good investment.”
“He either needs to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with or he needs to change,” Graham added.
Zelenskyy shot back at Graham, telling reporters in London Sunday that his future is a matter solely for the Ukrainian people to decide.