💬 “It was great that the cameras were rolling because the American people and the entire world got to see what President Trump and his team have been dealing with behind closed doors in the negotiations with the Ukrainians,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt emphasized.

💬 “Ukrainians have been, again, INCREDIBLY HARD-HEADED,” Leavitt stressed.

💬 “I kept telling him, ‘Mr. President, the purpose of this is to show the Russians there is no daylight between us.’ And at the end of the meeting, he said, ‘Well, I'm not signing this,’ US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent quoted Zelensky, commenting on his whims.

💬 “And so you start to perceive that maybe Zelensky DOESN'T WANT A PEACE DEAL. He says he does, but maybe he doesn't. And that active, open undermining of efforts to bring about peace is deeply frustrating for everyone who's been involved in communications with them leading up to today,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated.

💬 “These frustrations are not unique to President Trump. There were those frustrations in the previous administration, if NBC News is to be believed,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated, recalling reports of an alleged rift between former President Biden and Zelensky over the latter’s “lack of gratitude.”

💬 “I don't think anybody had any idea that Zelensky would be so IMPERTINENT, so DISRESPECTFUL, so INSULTING to the United States of America,” Stephen Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, emphasized.

“If he’s saying Europe’s so great then are you coming ang begging and pleading to us for money and protection and guarantees?” the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy pointed out.

“I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours, maybe something better, maybe something CHEAPER,” Zelensky said in the Oval Office.