{"id":662,"date":"2025-03-02T20:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T21:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/?p=662"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:07:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:07:04","slug":"waltz-likens-zelensky-to-an-ex-girlfriend-after-contentious-oval-office-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/waltz-likens-zelensky-to-an-ex-girlfriend-after-contentious-oval-office-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Waltz likens Zelensky to an 'ex-girlfriend' after contentious Oval Office meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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National security adviser Mike Waltz compared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to an \u201cex-girlfriend\u201d who wants to relitigate issues from nearly a decade prior.<\/p>\n

In an interview on Breitbart Radio on Saturday, Waltz was critical of Zelensky\u2019s approach to the Oval Office meeting<\/a> and to his subsequent Fox News interview, saying the Ukrainian president is too focused on \u201cfact-checking\u201d the past and not focused enough on moving on in the future.<\/p>\n

Asked whether Zelensky has improved his standing since the contentious meeting with President Trump, Waltz said, \u201cNo, look, he’s clearly solely focused on believing he needs to fact-check and correct every nuance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a, you know, ex-girlfriend that wants to argue everything that you said nine years ago, rather than moving the relationship forward,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Long-simmering tensions between Trump and Zelensky erupted into the open on Friday during a heated Oval Office exchange that is sure to have significant ramifications for the U.S., Russia, Ukraine and all of Europe.<\/p>\n

The meeting, which began cordially, devolved when Zelensky pressed Vice President Vance for suggesting that a diplomatic solution be reached with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war.<\/p>\n

Zelensky in turn laid out years of Putin violently taking over Ukrainian territory, going back on previous ceasefires and refusing to exchange prisoners.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d Zelensky asked Vance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m talking about the kind of diplomacy that\u2019s going to end the destruction of your country,\u201d Vance responded. \u201cI think it\u2019s disrespectful for you to come to the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zelensky suggested that the U.S. would feel the ramifications of the war in the future but did not yet because of geography. Trump shot back, saying, \u201cDon\u2019t tell us what we\u2019re going to feel because you\u2019re in no position.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a back-and-forth, Zelensky was repeatedly asked if he had said thank you for the billions of dollars in weapons the U.S. has sent Ukraine since the war started in 2022. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you didn\u2019t have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a very hard thing to do business like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust say thank you,\u201d Vance added. \u201cWe know you\u2019re wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a subsequent interview with Fox News\u2019s Bret Baier<\/a>, Zelensky would not apologize for the extraordinary Oval Office spat with Trump, saying, \u201cNo, I respect the president and I respect the American people and if, I don\u2019t know, I think that we have to be very open and very honest and I\u2019m not sure that we did something bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think maybe sometimes, somethings we have to discuss out of media, with all respect to democracy and to free media,\u201d he continued. \u201cThis is not good for both sides, anyway, and I was very open, but I can\u2019t change our Ukrainian attitude toward Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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