{"id":132839,"date":"2025-10-19T23:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T23:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/132839\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T23:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T23:25:11","slug":"trump-meeting-with-zelensky-descends-into-shouting-match-with-swearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/132839\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump meeting with Zelensky descends into ‘shouting match’ with ‘swearing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Volodymyr Zelensky went to Washington hoping to convince Donald Trump to give him Tomahawk missiles to attack Russia but instead they reportedly had another heated meeting\"TrumpTrump meeting Zelensky at the White House(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Donald Trump was reportedly swearing in a \u201cshouting match\u201d with Vlodymyr Zelensky<\/a> at a meeting where the Ukrainian leader failed to get Tomahawk missiles.<\/p>\n

The US president publicly called on Kyiv and Moscow to \u201cstop where they are\u201d and end their brutal war following a lengthy White House meeting with Zelensky on Friday<\/a>. And while in front of the media glare the discussions appeared more cordial than the arguments when the pair met at the Oval Office in February, there were still plenty of tense moments.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s frustration with the conflict has surfaced repeatedly in the nine months since he returned to office, and now he seems to have edged back in the direction of pressing Ukraine<\/a> to give up on retaking land it has lost to Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ZelenskyZelensky wanted the US to give Tomahawk missiles(Image: AFP via Getty Images)READ MORE: Mystery drone at Majorca Airport sparks chaos as flights diverted<\/a>READ MORE: Ministry of Defence launches probe after Russian hackers ‘put sensitive files on dark web’<\/a><\/p>\n

The Financial Times<\/a> reported that Trump was \u201ccursing all the time\u201d during the meeting which often became a \u201cshouting match\u201d. He warned Zelensky that Russia would \u201cdestroy\u201d Ukraine if Zelensky didn\u2019t agree to Russia\u2019s terms for ending the conflict.<\/p>\n

It is claimed that Trump wanted Zelensky to give up the whole Donbas region although in the end they agreed that the US would back a freeze on the current frontlines. Trump also signaled to Zelensky that he\u2019s leaning against selling him long-range Tomahawk missiles, weaponry that the Ukrainians believe could be a game changer in helping prod Putin to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n

\"TrumpDonald Trump had a heated meeting with Zelensky(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Zelensky at the start of the White House talks said he had a \u201cproposition\u201d in which Ukraine could provide the United States with its advanced drones, while Washington would sell Kyiv the Tomahawk cruise missiles. But Trump said he was hesitant to tap into the US supply, a turnabout after days of suggesting he was seriously weighing sending the missiles to help Ukraine beat back Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have an obligation also to make sure that we\u2019re completely stocked up as a country, because you never know what\u2019s going to happen in war and peace,\u201d Trump said publicly. \u201cWe\u2019d much rather have them not need Tomahawks. We\u2019d much rather have the war be over to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"UkrainianDespite a more cordial appearance in front of the media, Trump’s meeting with Zelensky was terse at times(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A European official at the meeting claimed that Trump told Zelensky he needed to agree a deal or face destruction. He stated: \u201cIf (Putin) wants it, he will destroy you.\u201d<\/p>\n

At one point Trump is also said to have thrown a map of the frontline on the table saying he was \u201csick\u201d of it, and adding: \u201c\u201cThis red line, I don\u2019t even know where this is. I\u2019ve never been there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TrumpTrump met Zelensky after speaking with Putin over the phone(Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Then a short time after the meeting which went on for more than two hours, Trump took to social media and said: \u201cEnough blood has been shed, with property lines being defined by War and Guts. They should stop where they are. Let both claim Victory, let History decide!\u201d<\/p>\n

Later, soon after arriving in Florida, where he\u2019s been spending the weekend, Trump urged both sides to \u201cstop the war immediately\u201d and implied that Moscow keep territory it\u2019s taken from Kyiv.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Volodymyr Zelensky went to Washington hoping to convince Donald Trump to give him Tomahawk missiles to attack Russia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,356,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,6758,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-132839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-featured-news","13":"tag-featurednews","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-latest-news","18":"tag-latestnews","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-russia-ukraine-war","23":"tag-top-stories","24":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}