Trump reveals key new details of Oval Office blowup with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

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Trump is making America alone – not great President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance used an Oval Office opportunity to bully Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a shameful display in front of the world. Zelenskyy is the president of a nation at war, which for the past three years has been fighting for its survival. They have also been valiantly standing in the way of expanded Russian aggression into other European nations. Scores…

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Trump reveals key new details of Oval Office blowup with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

President Donald Trump has given a deeper look into his Oval Office blowup last month with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Kyiv Independent reported Trump saying that Ukraine had to be pushed to “do the right thing” with regard to ending the three-year war with Russia.

Almost a month after his tense exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump wanted to comment on this viral sequence. ...