Donald Trump with Tulsi Gabbard at a campaign event in August. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
"You're playing cards," Trump said. "You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. You're gambling with World War III. And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country."
After Vance told Zelenskyy Ukraine had manpower and military recruiting problems, Zelenskyy said war means "everybody has problems, even you," adding the U.S. would feel the war "in the future."
"Don't tell us what we're going to feel," Trump responded. "We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel."
Zelenskyy was asked to leave the White House after the exchange, a press conference was canceled and a deal for Ukraine to give the U.S. its rare earth minerals was left unsigned.
Zelenskyy was asked to leave the White House after the tense exchange in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)
"Of course, thankful to the president and, of course, to Congress," he said, "But, first of all, to your people … we wanted very much to have all this strong relations and where it counted. We will have it."
Zelenskyy said he was "not sure we did something bad" when asked about the heated exchange but conceded the dustup was "bad for both sides."
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Trump also received support from Republicans like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who said Trump was "standing up for America," while Democrats like Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly wrote on X, "To be clear, the only winner in this shouting match in the Oval Office is Putin. Almost can’t believe this happened."
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