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Ukrainecast: Trump and Zelensky clash in the Oval Office

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BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

There were unprecedented scenes in the White House this afternoon when President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and President Zelensky clashed in an extraordinary shouting match in front of stunned reporters.

Lyse Doucet and Vitaly Shevchenko from Ukrainecast are joined by former UK national security adviser Lord Ricketts to get immediate reaction, and what this all means for the future of Ukraine.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, it's Mariana here and I've just popped back into the studio because we've all watched that press conference between President Trump and President Zelensky.

0:08.3

We were pretty open-mouthed and it felt very different from the meeting between Kirstama and Donald Trump, which we were analysing on our last episode.

0:16.9

So Ukrainecast have recorded an episode for you that looks at what was said and they've made sense of it.

0:22.0

So we thought we'd put it in your AmeriCast feed so that you can have a listen.

0:27.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:30.7

It's 1,101 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

0:36.4

I'm Lee Stucet.

0:37.5

And I'm Vitaly Shevchenko. Vitali, I think I speakscale invasion of Ukraine. I'm Lise Doucette. And I'm Vitala Shevchenko.

0:39.0

Vitali, I think I speak for both of us.

0:41.8

I speak for many around the world, most of all, for Ukrainians who are now saying what has

0:48.3

happened.

0:49.6

President Volodymyr Zelensky has just sat down with President Trump at the White House.

0:55.5

It's a setting that is now familiar to everyone around the world.

0:59.2

The place where you have a little fireside chat under President Trump,

1:02.5

it's turned into a press conference with journalists shouting questions.

1:06.8

But what we have just seen unfolding in the White House is that it went from questions into such a fire exchange that President Trump even asked the vice president, J.D. Vance, to take over. And this is what happened.

1:23.1

What kind of diplomacy, J.D., you are speaking about? What do you mean?

1:28.3

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

1:32.3

Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office to

1:37.3

try to litigate this in front of the American media.

1:39.3

Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower

1:45.0

problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this conflict.

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