BREITBART | Published March 3, 2025
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for refusing to resign after Zelensky dismissed Graham’s previous comments calling for him to resign in the aftermath of his meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
In a post on X, Graham pointed out that until Ukraine has an election, “no one has a voice” there.
Graham’s post came in response to a reporter telling Zelensky that Graham had suggested that he resign after making several disrespectful comments during his meeting in the Oval Office with Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
In response, Zelensky described Lindsey Graham as “a very good guy,” adding that he could “give him” Ukrainian citizenship and “then his voice will start to gain weight.”
“Unfortunately, until there is an election, no one has a voice in Ukraine,” Graham wrote.
As Breitbart News’s Katherine Hamilton reported on Friday, during a meeting with Trump, Vance, and Rubio in the Oval Office, Zelensky criticized European governments, as well as past presidential administrations in the United States for their failure “to stop” Russian President Vladimir Putin “after he annexed and occupied Crimea in 2014.” Zelensky’s criticism came after Vance had suggested “engaging in diplomacy” as the “path to peace.”
“What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about? What do you mean?” Zelensky questioned.
“I’m talking about the kind of diplomacy that’s going to end the destruction of your country,” Vance answered.
When Zelensky attempted to dismiss Vance’s idea of diplomacy, Vance informed him that it was “disrespectful” for Zelensky to “come into the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media.”
“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 trying to bring an end to this conflict.”
Zelensky went on to question if Vance had been to Ukraine and sought to dispute Vance’s claim that Ukraine is having conscription “problems,” adding that, during war, “everybody has problems.”
“First of all, during the war, everybody has problems,” Zelensky said. “Even you — but you have nice ocean, and don’t feel now, but you will feel it in the future.”
“You don’t know that, you don’t know that,” Trump said. “Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. We’re trying to solve a problem, don’t tell us what we’re going to feel because you’re in no position to dictate that. You’re in no position to dictate what we’re going to feel.”
Trump also pointed out that the U.S. has helped Ukraine with military and monetary aid after Zelensky implied that Ukrainians had “been alone” in the war against Russia.
“You haven’t been alone. We gave you, through [our] stupid president, $350 billion,” Trump said. “We gave you military equipment. … If you didn’t have our military equipment, this war would’ve been over in two weeks.”
After the meeting, the White House confirmed that Zelensky had been asked to leave and had not signed a minerals deal.
In the aftermath of the meeting, Trump issued a statement that Zelensky is “not ready for Peace if America is involved,” adding that Zelensky had “disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office.”
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SOURCE: www.breitbart.com
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has been a longtime advocate for Ukraine
FOX NEWS | Published March 3, 2025
Longtime Ukraine advocate Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., fired shots back at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who suggested the U.S. lawmaker move to Ukraine, so his voice will have weight.
Graham shared a clip posted by Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Sunday showing Zelenskyy speaking with a reporter.
During the interview, Zelenskyy was asked about Graham, who said he should consider resigning as president of Ukraine.
“Lindsey Graham is a very good guy…I can give him Ukrainian citizenship, then his voice will gain weight,” Zelenskyy said.
“Unfortunately, until there is an election, no one has a voice in Ukraine,” Graham said while sharing Ingraham’s post.
The South Carolina Republican later posted on X that he has tried “very hard” to maintain his support for the efforts of Ukrainians to fend off the Russian invasion, even expressing admiration for Zelenskyy’s leadership during difficult times.
“I, like so many others, can only give advice,” Graham said. “It’s up to President Zelensky (sic) to determine whether or not to take it.”
The comments come days after Zelenskyy’s blowup with Trump and Vice President JD Vance during Friday’s televised meeting in the Oval Office.
Graham described the meeting as a “complete utter disaster.”
“He either needs to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with, or he needs to change,” Graham said of Zelenskyy while speaking to reporters at the White House.
“I have never been more proud of the president. I was very proud of JD Vance standing up for our country,” Graham said.
He slammed the “disrespectful” Oval Office display from Zelenskyy, going as far as saying, “I don’t know if we can ever do business with Zelenskyy again.”
According to the senator, he doesn’t think Americans saw the Ukrainian president as someone they feel comfortable going “into business with” following the televised dispute.
Graham also stressed that the Ukrainian-American relationship is “vitally important.” However, he cast doubt on whether Zelenskyy could ever “do a deal with the United States.”
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SOURCE: www.foxnews.com
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