This combination of pictures created on February 25, 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (L) on Feb. 24, 2025, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) on Feb. 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said it "would’ve been a show of strength" if Trump engaged with Zelenskyy "in a dignified way."
"But you would never know that after President Trump’s shameful display. Putin must be overjoyed with today’s theatrics," she said on X.
Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-IL, claimed the Ukrainian president is owed an apology, noting, "Ukrainians have fought tooth-and-nail on the frontlines of democracy against Russian aggression."
"Pres. Trump and VP Vance’s words to Pres. Zelenskyy are rude and utterly shameful," he wrote.
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"Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT.
"Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism."
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Trump and Zelensky were involved in an Oval Office shouting match on Friday. (Fox News )
Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., said she was "horrified" by the exchange, adding, "It is stunning that the US is now siding with dictators and not standing up for freedom, democracy, and global stability. I’m deeply concerned for the people in Ukraine and our country’s long-term national security."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-MN, told Vance in an X post, "Shame on you," for asking whether Zelenskyy had thanked the U.S.
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"Answer to Vance: Zelenskyy has thanked our country over and over again both privately and publicly. And our country thanks HIM and the Ukrainian patriots who have stood up to a dictator, buried their own & stopped Putin from marching right into the rest of Europe," she wrote on X.
"Watching Trump and Vance serve as Putin’s mouthpieces in the Oval Office was one of the most shameful moments in American diplomacy," remarked Rep. Mark Takano, D-CA, who called for every Republican to "publicly condemn it."
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