Secretary of State Marco Rubio has known as for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to apologize to President Donald Trump for his “antagonistic” Oval Workplace conduct.
Zelenskyy was kicked out of the White Home on Friday after clashing with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance and being seemingly unwilling to contemplate a peace settlement to finish their struggle with Russia.
In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Rubio stated Zelenskyy ought to “apologize for turning this factor into the fiasco for him that it grew to become.”
“There was no want for him to go in there and develop into antagonistic,” Rubio added.
“Whenever you begin speaking about that aggressively – and the president is a deal maker, he made offers his whole life – you’re not going to get folks to the desk,” Rubio stated.
The Secretary of State continued, “So that you begin to understand that possibly Zelensky doesn’t desire a peace deal. He says he does, however possibly he doesn’t.”
Secretary Rubio simply despatched a STRONG message to Zelensky
“There was no want for Zelensky to go in there and develop into antagonistic … I believe he ought to apologize for losing our time for a gathering that was gonna finish the best way it did!”
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 1, 2025
In the meantime on Fox Information, Zelenskyy informed Bret Baier that he wouldn’t apologize.
“No, I respect the president and I respect the American folks and if, I don’t know, I believe that we’ve got to be very open and really sincere and I’m undecided that we did one thing unhealthy,” Zelensky stated. “I believe possibly typically, somethings we’ve got to debate out of media, with all respect to democracy and to free media.”
When requested if the squabble was good for the Ukrainian folks, Zelenskyy stated it was “not good for either side,” however that he can’t repair Ukranian hostility in the direction of Russia.
Zelenskyy simply refused to apologize for disrespecting the USA, President Trump & Vice President Vance.
Baier: “I’m not listening to from you a thought that you simply owe the president an apology…
Zelenskyy: “NO. I respect president. And I respect American folks. I’m undecided… pic.twitter.com/VMmjX5p0Q6
— George (@BehizyTweets) February 28, 2025
“This isn’t good for either side, anyway, and I used to be very open, however I can’t change our Ukrainian angle towards Russia,” Zelensky responded. “That is very clear that People are the very best of our buddies, Europeans are the very best of our buddies and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, with Russia, we’re enemies.”
