Welcome to the News Hour. President Trump today continued his pressure campaign on Ukraine,

insinuating that President Volodymyr Zelensky should step down if he doesn't want a peace deal.

That follows their unprecedented clash in that Friday Oval Office meeting.

Western leaders have been scrambling to help mend the relationship, but also make plans to maintain support for Ukraine

if the U.S. walks away. Nick Schifrin reports.

In the White House today, President Trump kept up pressure on Ukraine's embattled president.

I just think you should be more appreciative because this country has stuck with them through thick

and thin. It was even harsher on truth social, writing,

America will not put up with it for much longer,

a response to this statement by President Volodymer Zelenskyy yesterday.

An agreement to end the war is still very, very far away,

and no one has started all these steps yet.

Maybe somebody doesn't want to make a deal, and if somebody doesn't want to make a deal,

I think that person won't be around very long.

That person will not be listened to very long.

You're gambling with the lives of millions of people.

You're gambling with World War III.

Today's rhetorical criticism highlights the substantive divide during Friday's Oval Office

meltdown.

Ukraine doubts the very diplomacy with Putin the U.S. is prioritizing.

What kind of diplomacy GEDU are speaking about?

I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country.

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