‘Thank you POTUS, US for your assist’: Zelenskyy’s swipe after White House blow up

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday took a swipe at President Donald Trump after their heated Oval Office trade and the collapse of a important minerals deal.
“Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that,” Zelenskyy wrote in a publish on X.

Trump had accused Zelenskyy of “disrespecting America” in a Truth Social publish minutes after their tense Oval Office assembly blow up.
“I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
A deliberate joint press convention at 1 pm, following a framework mineral settlement signing, was cancelled after a heated trade between Trump, Zelenskyy and Vice President JD Vance. White House officers, media representatives and Ukrainian delegates witnessed the altercation.
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The White House press pool subsequently confirmed the cancellation of the scheduled press convention. Zelenskyy departed the West Wing after spending two hours and 20 minutes inside.
Initially, the Oval Office assembly started positively with cordial exchanges, together with Trump’s remark about Zelenskyy: “I think he’s a great guy.”
The scenario deteriorated when Zelenskyy tried to debate Russian President Vladimir Putin’s diplomatic stance with Vance earlier than journalists and cameras. The vp criticised Zelenskyy for partaking in photograph alternatives with Democrats throughout the 2024 marketing campaign and deemed his feedback disrespectful to the administration.
Trump, talking forcefully, referred to as the Ukrainian president disrespectful and insisted he ought to categorical gratitude to the US, stating, “You don’t have the cards.”
He additional declared, “You are either going to make a deal or we’re out and if we are out, you will fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty.”
The assembly was supposed to finalise an settlement establishing a joint US-Ukraine funding fund for rare-earth mineral extraction in Ukraine.