European leaders lined up overnight to show solidarity with Ukraine following the heated exchanges in the White House.
Comments on social media highlighted a major rift between America and it's traditional allies.
French President Emmanuel Macron saying that if there was “an aggressor” in the war, it was Russia, and Germany’s foreign minister saying Europe was “united” behind Ukraine.
It was confirmed UK prime minister Keir Starmer had spoken to Trump and Zelenskyy following the heated meeting.
Starmer’s spokesperson said he retains unwavering support for Ukraine “and is doing all he can to find a path forward to a lasting peace based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine”.
Starmer is set to host Zelenskyy for a gathering of international leaders this weekend.
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Harris posted 'We stand with Ukraine' - while Taoiseach Micheál Martin told The Late Late Show on RTE, that Europe needs to hold its nerve in giving Ukraine the security it requires."
Speaking on the Late Late Show the Taoiseach said the scenes in the White House were “quite extraordinary and very, very unsettling”.
Micheál Martin told host Patrick Kielty that the day was a “huge” setback for a truce in the Ukraine-Russia war.
The Fianna Fáil leader said that he has the “utmost admiration” for Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
SUMMIT
Yesterday’s summit was dramatically cut short with Zelenskyy leaving the White House after the leaders exchanged increasingly angry remarks in full glare of the media.
Trump and Vice President JD Vance repeatedly shouted at Zelenskyy during the encounter, accusing him of not being “thankful”.
Trump told the Ukrainian leader:
“You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out, and if we’re out, you’ll fight it out and I don’t think it’s going to be pretty.”
Zelenskyy departed shortly after the exchange and a planned press conference did not go ahead.
Trump later posted on social media that “he can come back when he is ready for peace”.
The US President also commented later that Zelenskyy was “overplaying his hand”.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who had been in the Oval Office for the row, told Fox News the Ukrainians “had to be told to leave the building”.
European leaders expressed solidarity with Ukraine, with French President Emmanuel Macron saying that if there was “an aggressor” in the war, it was Russia, and Germany’s foreign minister saying Europe was “united” behind Ukraine.
