Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in the audience when a heated Oval Office argument erupted between Trump, Vance, and Zelenskyy over a failed mineral deal. Social media found Rubio’s expression amusing,
Trump later said the Ukrainian president had “disrespected” the U.S., while Zelenskyy said he didn’t think he owed his American counterpart an apology.
A Bay Area congressman took to X, formerly Twitter, to slam Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s reaction to a meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s leader that descended into chaos. Following the meeting,
Vice President JD Vance was dismissing Ukraine long before he upended an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
With Ukraine's future in the balance, the high-stakes meeting on Friday between President Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy devolved into a shouting match.