President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance drew bipartisan criticism after they berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a unprecedented assembly on the White Home on Friday.
Within the stunning Oval Workplace trade, Trump and Vance ganged up on Zelenskyy, calling him “disrespectful” and telling him he has “no playing cards” with which to barter a deal to finish the brutal invasion of his nation by Russia. The White Home then canceled a scheduled press convention and appeared as well the Ukrainian president from the constructing with out signing an expected rare minerals agreement.
“Trump and Vance are doing Putin’s soiled work,” Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote in a social media post, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Senate Democrats won’t ever cease preventing for freedom and democracy.”
“What an utter embarrassment for America. This entire unhappy scene,” added Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
“Disgrace. Disgrace. Disgrace,” wrote Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii).
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), in the meantime, appeared to criticize Vance after he characterised the battle as the results of a failure of diplomacy. “Some wish to whitewash the reality, however we can’t ignore the reality. Russia is at fault for this battle,” Bacon wrote.
The Nebraska Republican later called it a “dangerous day for America’s international coverage.”
“Ukraine desires independence, free markets and rule of regulation. It desires to be a part of the West. Russia hates us and our Western values. We ought to be clear that we stand for freedom,” he mentioned in a press release.
One lawmaker who met with Zelenskyy on the U.S. Capitol earlier than his sit-down with Trump additionally took situation with Vance complaining that Zelenskyy had not proven sufficient appreciation for U.S. help for Ukraine.
“Have you ever mentioned ‘thanks’ as soon as on this total assembly?” Vance requested Zelenskyy.
However Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) famous Friday that Zelenskyy “has thanked our nation over and over each privately and publicly.”
“And our nation thanks HIM and the Ukrainian patriots who’ve stood as much as a dictator, buried their very own & stopped Putin from marching proper into the remainder of Europe. Disgrace on you,” the Minnesota Democrat wrote in a social media post.
And Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) referred to as Trump a “coward” who was beholden to Putin.
“What we simply witnessed within the Oval Workplace was a gathering between two cowardly puppets and a hero,” he mentioned throughout an interview on CNN.
