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The angry protesters slammed the Vice President for being “mean” and “disrespectful” to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy during Oval Office meeting on Friday.
Vance and his family were met by pro-Ukrainian protesters in Vermont (X)
US Vice President JD Vance and his family received an ice-cold reception by the pro-Ukraine protesters during a ski-vacation to Vermont after the extraordinary diplomatic meet between Washington and Kyiv at the Oval Office that stunned the world.
The angry protesters slammed the Vice President for being “mean” and “disrespectful” to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy during Oval Office meeting on Friday. Hundreds of pro-Ukrainian protesters gathered in Vermont’s Waitsfield on Saturday morning and booed Vance and told him to “go ski in Russia.”
Protesters held signs reading “International embarrassment” and “Vermont stands with Ukraine”, while many waved Ukrainian flags.
After the protesters raged over Vance’s tough stance on Zelenskyy, the Vance family moved to an undisclosed location from their planned ski resort, according to American media reports.
“After what he did yesterday, he crossed the line,” a protester named Cori Giroux told Vermont Public Radio. Another told the outlet, “After the meeting yesterday with Zelenskyy, I mean I feel like all of America should be out here protesting.”
The Oval Office Showdown
What started as a courteous photo opportunity devolved into a shouting match between the two leaders, plunging the relations between the two countries to a new low.
At the oval Office meeting, Trump dressed down Zelenskyy and said that the latter is “gambling with World War Three”. He further said that a truce with Russia is “fairly close” and that the deal allowing US to use Ukraine’s natural resources would be “very fair.”
US Vice President JD Vance was also present at the meeting in which the Ukrainian leader sought security guarantees from the US as Donald Trump said that he is trying to bring an end to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Trump told his Ukrainian counterpart that he should be more thankful to the United States, adding, “Your people are very brave, but you’re either going to make a deal or we’re out, and if we’re out, you’ll fight it out.”
“What kind of diplomacy, JD, you are speaking about?” said Zelenskyy, who has been critical of direct talks between Washington and Moscow. “What do you mean?”
“I’m talking about the kind of diplomacy that’s going to end the destruction of your country,” Vance responded, tearing into Zelenskyy.
“Mr President, with respect, I think it’s disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media,” he added.
