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How can we move on after the scandal in the White House?

2025-03-01 11:37:21Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
How can we move on after the scandal in the White House?
Zelensky leaving the White House

After the scandal in the Oval Office, many Republicans in the US praise Trump, while Democrats are angry. Can the US and Ukraine get closer again after the quarrel?

It had never happened before: an American president insults the president of another country in the Oval Office in front of television cameras and then throws him out of the White House.

"You are risking World War III. And what you are doing is a great disrespect for this country," Donald Trump said at the height of the dispute. "Your country is in great trouble," Trump continued, interrupting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and adding that Ukraine cannot win this war.

Zelensky: Quarrel is not good for both sides

Zelensky left the White House early after the row. But despite the scandal in the Oval Office, he gave an interview to Fox News, where he emphasized that the raw materials agreement, according to the US, was not enough to start peace negotiations with Russia. 

Zelensky stressed the need for security guarantees from the US. "This kind of quarrel is not good for either side," Zelensky said. "But I cannot change Ukraine's attitude towards Russia. They are killers for us. The Americans are our best friends, the Europeans are our best friends. Putin and Russia are the enemies."

Trump: Zelensky to return when he is ready for peace

Before leaving for Florida, where he is spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said Zelensky could return as soon as he was ready to make peace: "He can't stand there and say, Putin this and Putin that, he has to say, I want peace, I don't want to continue this war anymore."

Is there any perspective behind this scandal? Can Ukraine still count on US support? Can Trump and Zelensky talk to each other again?

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has his doubts after the Oval Office row. He said Zelensky was disrespectful in the Oval Office. "I don't know if we're going to be able to negotiate with Zelensky again," Graham said. Republican Mike Lawler, however, is more reserved: "We can save this. And it has to be saved," Lawler told PBS. According to the Republican, "failure would be catastrophic for both Europe and the free world." Many other Republicans posted on social media that Trump had shown force against Zelensky.

Democrats in the US against Trump

Democrats in the US reacted angrily. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal told CNN: "This kind of denigration and intimidation by the president and vice president was disgraceful. It was like an ambush."

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, referring to the supportive reactions from Europe for Zelensky, asked on CNN: "If Donald Trump decides tomorrow that I don't care about Ukraine, I don't care about Russia, I don't care about this war and turns his back - who on this planet has any chance of bringing the warring parties to the negotiating table? The answer is: no one."

Ralf Borchard/ARD/Washington


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