The meeting of Donald Trump and Volodimir Zelansky tracked rapidly in front of television cameras on Friday.
Here are highlights, Word-for-Word, since Zelansky and US vice-president JD Vance began to spread orally to the Oval Office.
Zelensky: What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you asking about? what do you mean?
Vance: I am talking about the kind of diplomacy that is going to end the destruction of your country.
Zelensky: yes, but if you …
Vance: Mr. President, with honor, I think it is derogatory for you to come to the oval office and try to litign it in front of the American media. Right now, you guys are going around and forced to conspiracy for frontalines because you have a manpower problem. You should thank the President.
Zelensky: Have you ever gone to Ukraine that we have?
Vance: I have really seen and seen stories, and I know what happens, you bring people on a promotion tour, Mr. President.
Do you disagree that you have a problem in bringing people to your army, and do you think to come to the Oval office of the United States and attack the administration that is trying to stop the destruction of your country?
Zelensky: First, during war, everyone has problems, even you too. You have good solutions and do not feel (this) now, but you will feel it in the future.
Trump: You don’t know. Don’t tell us what we are going to feel. We are trying to solve a problem. Don’t tell us what we are going to feel.
Zelensky: I’m not telling you, I am answering …
Vance: This is what you are doing …
Trump, raising your voice: You are in a position to feel what we are going to feel. We are going to feel very good and very strong.
Zelancesi tries to disrupt.
Trump: You are not in a very good condition right now. You have allowed yourself to be in a very poor condition.
You do not have cards yet. With us, you start keeping the card.
You are gambling with the lives of millions of people, you are gambling with World War III and what you are doing is very derogatory for this country.
Vance: Have you once thanked?
Zelancesi: Many times.
Vance: No, in this meeting, this whole meeting? Provide some words of appreciation for the United States and the President that are trying to save your country.
Zelensky: Yes, you think if you talk very loudly about war …
Trump: He is not speaking loudly. Your country is in great trouble. No, no, you have talked a lot. Your country is in great trouble.
Zelansky: I know, I know.
Trump: You are not winning it. You have a good chance to come out right because of us.
Zelensky: We have been living strong since the beginning of war, we are alone, and we are saying, I said, thank you.
Speaking on Trump, Zelancesi: You are not alone …. We have given you military equipment. Your men are brave, but they had our army. If you did not have our military equipment, this war would have ended in two weeks.
Zelansky: I heard it from Putin in three days.
Trump: This is a very difficult task to do this kind of business.
Vance: Just say thank you.
Zelensky: I said that it is very often.
Vance: Accept that there are disagreements and let’s promote those disagreements, when you are wrong, try to fight it in American media, when you are wrong. We know you are wrong.
Trump: You are buried there. Your people are dying. You are running less on soldiers. No, listen … and then you tell us, ‘I don’t want any fire. I should not set fire. I want to go and I want it. ,
Trump: You are not grateful at all. And this is not a good thing. I will be honest, this is not a good thing. All is well, I think we have seen enough. What do you think? Great television. I would say that.
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