Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a Fox News interview scrambled to repair the political damage he left after blowing up his Oval Office meeting with President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance on Friday.
In his interview with Fox News host Bret Baier, Zelensky said he he believed he could repair relations with Trump and get back to the negotiating table, that is, until he saw Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) damning remarks.
Following the diplomatic disaster, Graham told reporters outside the White House that he was “proud” of the way Trump and Vance handled “disrespectful” Zelensky and said he should resign if he wants peace in Ukraine.
“He either needs to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with or he needs to change,” Graham said.
Sen. @LindseyGrahamSC on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy: "Complete utter disaster…What I saw in the Oval Office was disrespectful…I don't know if we can ever do business with Zelenskyy again…He either needs to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with or he… pic.twitter.com/gFsqJUCrTX
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 28, 2025
Zelensky apparently hadn’t seen Graham’s comments before the interview, because he looked a bit shell-shocked and stammered that only the Ukrainian people can choose their president.
Brett Baier shows Zelensky the clip of his best buddy, Lindsey Graham saying he won’t do business with him after how he treated Trump. 😂😂
— 🇺🇸ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) February 28, 2025
The dictator stutters as he yaps about refusing to step down.
Yea, that clip roughed him up! pic.twitter.com/LPRleT15ay
But Zelensky failed to mention that he suspended all elections in November 2023 and shot down President Trump’s recent proposal to hold new elections.
That could be because, according to polls, Zelensky’s approval rating is in the single digits among the Ukrainian people.
Graham’s about-face with Zelensky is particularly significant given the South Carolina senator has been one of Zelensky’s greatest supporters since the Ukraine conflict began in Feb. 2022.
In fact, Tucker Carlson wrote on X Saturday that Graham’s condemnation of Zelensky represented a massive political sea change.
“One of the most striking things about yesterday’s Zelensky press conference was Lindsey Graham’s reaction to it. The two are old friends, but Graham disavowed him within the hour. This was more than just transactional disloyalty. It was scapegoating. Lindsey Graham knows what’s coming,” Carlson noted.
One of the most striking things about yesterday’s Zelensky press conference was Lindsey Graham’s reaction to it. The two are old friends, but Graham disavowed him within the hour. This was more than just transactional disloyalty. It was scapegoating. Lindsey Graham knows what’s…
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) March 1, 2025
Zelensky squandered all his political capital trying to gain the advantage over Trump by leveraging the press during the negotiation, but as the world witnessed, it backfired bigly, and not even Graham will associate himself with that.
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