During a stormy meeting in the White House, both President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance accused Volodymyr Zelanski that he was not grateful enough. The CNN station counted that from the beginning of the war the President of Ukraine thanked the American nation and leaders at least 33 times for support.
President on Friday Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelanski met with the president USA Donald Trump in the White House. The talks were to be a security guarantee for Kiev and the cooperation of both countries in the field of operation of Ukrainian raw materials. During the talks in the oval office there was a stormy exchange of sentences between leaders. The US Vice President JD Vance also participated in the quarrel. Trump and Vance accused Zełenski of lack of gratitude and respect for the USA.
– You must be grateful. You don't have cards – Trump said, turning to Zelanski. After a while he added: – You must be even more grateful. – Have you thanked at least once during the whole meeting? Vance asked in turn.
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In connection with these statements Russia She began a full -glass invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. She indicated that the President of Ukraine expressed gratitude to Donald Trump, the former president Joe Bidenmembers of the Congress from both parties, American arms companies and their employees and the American nation.
CNN also drew attention to the entry of the President of Ukraine in social media, which he published after the failure of talks with Trump. “Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you to the US President, Congress and the American people. Ukraine needs a fair and lasting peace. And we are working for it” – he wrote.
A quarrel in the oval office during the meeting of Trump with Zelanski. Recording with inscriptionsReuters
Zelanski's statements
The station indicated 33 examples of statements or entries in social media of Zelanski, in which he thanked US officials or their citizens for their support. CNN pointed out that this is not an exhaustive list. She indicated that she did not look at many national statements of Zelanski in Ukrainian.
As the first station, it mentioned the entry of the President of Ukraine in social media of January 21, 2022, i.e. before the start of the Russian invasion, in which he thanked the then US President Joe Biden “for unprecedented (American) diplomatic and military assistance for (Ukraine)”.
He also recalls the entries posted in the following months in which Zelanski thanked the US for subsequent military assistance packages. “I very much appreciate the next (American) military assistance package in the amount of $ 775 million. Thank you for this decision! We took another important step in defeating the aggressor. (Ukraine) will be free!” – wrote the Ukrainian president on August 19, 2022.
Wołodymyr Zelanski president.gov.ua
Among the statements of the President of Ukraine mentioned by CNN, there was, among others, the speech delivered to the US Congress on December 21, 2022.
“Now, at this special time, I want to thank you all. Thank you to every American family who values the warmth of his home and wishes the same warmth to other people. Thank you to President Biden and both parties, in the Senate and the House of Representatives, for invaluable help. Thank you to your cities and your citizens who supported Ukraine this year, hosted our Ukrainians, our people who waved our people who wave National flags who acted to help us ” – said, among others, Zelanski.
In turn, during a meeting with the then US president, Joe Biden on July 11, 2024 said: – I am grateful to you, your team, your administration; Of course, Congress – both parties, both chambers – and all Americans – for important and strong support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.
Zełenski: Thank you for your help, it gives us hopeTvn24
CNN also pointed to Zelanski's entries published this year.
“I talked to the US president and made condolences because of the destructive fires of forests in California and tragic fatalities … I also thanked him for the unwavering support of Ukraine's independence and for the key role that the United States played in uniting the international community” – wrote the President of Ukraine.
In turn, on February 12, in Zelanski's post, we read: “I have a significant conversation with the President of the US. We talked for a long time about the possibilities of achieving peace, we discussed our readiness to cooperate at the level of teams and technological possibilities of Ukraine – including drones and other advanced branches of industry. I am grateful to President Trump for interest in what we can achieve.”
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