After the White House crash, Zelensky says the Trump relationship can be saved

Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky expressed regret that a meeting in the Oval Office with Donald Trump was turned into a severe shock show between leaders of the two historically Allied nations, while insisting that their relationship could be saved.

Hours after public confrontation in which Trump and vice president JD Vance berated Zelensky, accusing him of gambling against the Third World War”, the Ukrainian leader defended himself during a studio interview at Fox News, also agreeing that the “dispute was not good for both sides”.

Asked by the journalist, Brett Baier, if he felt he owed the American president an apology, as many of the Republican Trump allies asked for, Zelensky did not respond directly. Baier pressured him and asked him again if he owed Trump an apology. Zelensky again did not respond, saying: “I think we should be very open and very sincere. And I'm not sure we've done anything bad”.

Zelensky was in Washington for a meeting with Trump to talk about a controversial mineral deal Ukrainians hoped would be a step towards unlocking US security guarantees as part of a ceasefire agreement to end the exhausting war, which began three years ago when Russia invaded, writes The Guardian, broadcast the Express.

But after the catastrophic dispute in the camera, Zelensky left the White House early, and a press conference to announce the mineral agreement was canceled. The presentation on Trump's favourite network was planned before the meeting in the Oval Office was worse, and Bayier announced in Tateter that Zelensky wanted to give up the 30-minute interview despite having cancelled his other commitments in Washington.

European leaders lined up side by side Zelenskyyt, promising their continued support for Ukraine, while Trump's allies applauded the American president for what they described as a display of “American first,”.

During the Fox interview, Zelensky repeatedly thanked the American people for Ukraine's support in its fight with Russia.

“From the beginning, during the three years of full invasion, you helped us survive”, he said.

Asked whether he believed the meeting was an ambush, as some Democrats have suggested, Zelensky said he did not know.

The “was just a really difficult situation”, he said.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavet said it was not true that the clash in the Oval Office was planned in advance by Trump or Vance.

Before leaving the White House for his Mar-a-Lago resort, Trump continued pressure on Zelensky.

He has become an important man, because he has the United States on his side”, Trump told reporters at the White House.

Or we'll end or let him fight and if he fights, he won't be fine. Because without us, he doesn't win”.

Zelensky concluded the interview with an appeal to the American people. “We are grateful and sorry for this”, he said, adding that he was convinced he could save his relationship with Trump.