Friday morning, a group of Bipartisan senators met the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the exchange between the Ukrainian chief, President Donald Trump and vice-president JD VANCE.
Sense. Lindsey Graham, RS.C., Chris Coons, D-Del., And Amy Klobuchar, d-minn., As well as other Democratic and Republican senators, gathered for an hour “encouraging” a meeting with Zelenskyy before his visit to the White House, the three legislators published on their social media accounts.
“I just finished an encouraging meeting in Washington with the president @zelenskyyua and a bipartite group of senators to discuss our continuous partnership with Ukraine”, Coons Written on xAccompanied by a selfie with Zelenskyy, Graham and Klobuchar.
Really a good bipartite meeting before President Zelensky went to the White House. We are holding with Ukraine “Amy Klobuchar was published on X, February 28, 2025.
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“A very good bipartite meeting before President Zelensky goes to the White House. We are standing with Ukraine.” “Klobuchar wrote in a Publish.
“So honored to participate in the one hour discussion with President Zelensky and the Senators Coons, Graham and other Democratic and Republican senators this morning. There is a strong bipartisan support in the Senate for the freedom and democracy of Ukraine”, it added.
Graham, in a videoalso said that he had met Zelenskyy, adding that he was heading to the White House for the signing of the mineral agreement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) speaks with President Donald Trump (R) in the White House Oval Office in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025.
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“This represents a half-bill of dollars who will benefit the American economy. “These minerals are necessary for us to compete and win the 21st century economy. President Trump was very excited, President Zelenskyy is very enthusiastic about this economic agreement.”
However, the agreement now seems to be in danger after Zelenskyy, Trump and Vance embarked on the oval office and then canceled the signing ceremony for the agreement.
Graham in the White House later Friday seemed to change his air from his morning remarks, saying: “I was never so proud of the president. I was very proud of the defense of JD Vance for our country.”
“What I saw in the oval office was disrespectful, and I don’t think we can still do business with Zelenskyy,” he said.
Senator Lindsey Graham talks to journalists outside the west wing of the White House, on February 28, 2025, in Washington.
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“It made it difficult for the American people to believe that it is a good investment,” he added. “He needs to resign and send someone we can do with it where they should change.”
However, Klobuchar and Coons published posts on X in defense of the Ukrainian president after his exchange in the oval office, in particular the moment when Vance accused Zelenskyy of being “disrespectful” towards his American hosts.
“Response to Vance: Zelenskyy thanked our country many times both in private and in public. And our country thanks him as well as the Ukrainian patriots who resisted a dictator, buried theirs, And prevented Putin from walking directly in the rest of Europe. Shame on you, “Klobuchar wrote.
“Whenever I met President Zelenskyy, he thanked the American people for our solid support. We owe him our thanks for leaving a nation that fights on the front line of democracy – not the reprimanded public he received in the White House”, Coons wrote.
