President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy get into a verbal argument in the Oval Office in February 2025. (Getty Images)
"What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about?" Zelenskyy said. "What do you mean?"
Vance said, "I’m talking about the kind of diplomacy that’s going to end the destruction of your country."
"Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media," Vance said. "Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for bringing it, to bring it into this country."
"Have you ever been to Ukraine, that you say what problems we have?" Zelenskyy said.
"I've actually watched and seen the stories and I know that what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour," Vance said. "Mr. President, do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military? And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to, trying to prevent the destruction of your country?"
TRUMP SAYS ZELENSKYY CAN ‘COME BACK WHEN HE IS READY FOR PEACE’ AFTER FIERY WHITE HOUSE EXCHANGE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is slated to visit the White House on Monday, along with other European leaders. (Getty Images)
"President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight," Trump said in a Sunday post on social media. "Remember how it started. No getting back Obama given Crimea (12 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE. Some things never change!!!"
Even so, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Putin has agreed to permit the U.S. and other European allies to provide bolstered protection for Ukraine, akin to protections offered under NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense clause.
"We were able to win the following concession that the United States could offer Article 5-like protection, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in NATO," Witkoff said in an interview with CNN.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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