Russian invasion White House row

Trump won't answer whether Zelensky was kicked out: "I think you know the answer to that"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky played a high game in Friday's meeting at the White House, Donald Trump says. It is the president's first verbal statement since the crashed call.

Trump says he wants peace in Ukraine and that Zelensky did not give the same impression during the meeting. He does not want to confirm media reports that Zelensky was asked to leave the White House after the public dispute.

- I don't have to tell you. I think you know the answer to that, Trump tells a reporter.

Vice President JD Vance accused Zelensky of acting disrespectfully towards Trump, after the Ukrainian president questioned Russia's intentions to reach a peace solution.

Source: Trump considers ceasefire for Ukraine – a response to today’s row

The Trump administration is considering a halt to all military supplies to Ukraine, a senior administration official told the Washington Post.

The move would be in response to what Ukrainian President Zelensky said at the White House on Friday and what the Trump administration sees as “intransigence” in the peace process, the official said.

The deal involves radar systems, vehicles, ammunition and missiles worth billions of dollars that are waiting to be sent to Ukraine, the newspaper writes.

The same official says that Donald Trump and JD Vance’s confrontation with Zelensky was not planned in advance and that the United States had made efforts to find a more “positive tone” before the meeting.

Graham: Zelensky should resign or send someone else

A total disaster that makes it difficult for the United States to continue to “do business” with Ukraine. This is how Republican Congressman Lindsey Graham describes Friday night’s row in the White House between Zelensky and Trump.

– Zelensky has made it almost impossible to sell him as a good investment to the American people, he tells the AP.

Within the Republicans, Graham has been seen as a clear pro-Ukraine voice. Now he says that Zelensky must either resign or send someone with whom the United States can negotiate.

– I have never been so proud of Trump, he adds.

Within the Democrats, the tone is different. On X, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer writes that Trump and JD Vance are doing “Putin’s shit.”

“Senate Democrats will never stop fighting for freedom and democracy,” he writes.