It was a scene that you couldn't have imagined until recently: Wolodymyr Selenskyj, President of the Ukraine attacked by Russia three years ago, sat in the Oval Office on Friday afternoon and was scolded by the American President and the Vice President. The escalation of the conversation had started when he accused Selenskyj that it was “disrespectful” to spread debates about the conditions for a ceasefire “against American media”. Then he began to criticize the situation in Ukraine. Selenskyj replied: “Were you in Ukraine that you know what problems we have?” At that time the debate had already become loud.
Selenskyj was sitting in the large upholstery armchairs with crossed arms and expressed a warning. The Americans would have a “beautiful ocean” in between, but they too would feel the effects of the war one day. At this point, Trump intervened: Selenskyj should not tell the Americans “what we will feel”. He was “in no way” in the position of saying something like this, the American president called in a raised voice and gestured with a raised index finger towards Selenskyj. “They risk millions of lives and they risk a third World War.” It was disrespectful by the Ukrainian president to behave like this.
When Selenskyj wanted to react to Vance, Trump interrupted him: “You have already said a lot.” Ukraine is in “great difficulties” and has brave soldiers, but without the support of the United States it would soon be over. Then he added It will be “very difficult to do business under these conditions”. Ukraine must be “grateful”. Instead, Selenskyj refused to do an armistice, said Trump, and refused to the Ukrainian president. What a short press blessing should be finally took fifty minutes. Trump concluded the conversation with the remark, that would be “good for the cameras”.
