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Shortly after his tumultuous meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, President Donald Trump issued a statement indicating that he would abandon Ukraine, which he accused of not wanting to make "peace" with Russia.

"I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations," Trump wrote on his Truth Social page Friday. "I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace."

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Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance each took turns berating Zelenskyy to his face on Friday, with Vance calling the Ukrainian leader ungrateful for the assistance America has given and Trump accusing Zelenskyy of having a supposedly irrational hatred of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been bombing and invading his country for more than three years now.

President Donald Trump yelled at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office after the latter challenged Trump's facts and corrected his false information.

Zelenskyy was set to visit for an agreement about sharing rare earth minerals from Ukraine. The meeting began in a polite way but went off the rails when reporters began asking questions.

Former Russian Ambassador Michael McFaul called the meeting "horrific," noting he was refraining from using profane language.

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"This was a tragedy. And a tragedy for American national security interests," he continued. "I want to really emphasize that this does nobody any good. This doesn't make the American people better off tomorrow. The senator, now, Vice President J.D. Vance, pleading for the leader of a country to pledge his fealty to President Trump and say thank you. I want to remind your viewers, President Zelenskyy said, thank you to the American people a thousand times. Use ChatGPT, Mr. Vice President, and look for it."

He also said that Vance voted against Ukraine funding, so he sees the meeting as a paradox.

"It just was shocking to me. And we need they need to sign this deal. This deal was good for the United States, was good for Ukraine," said McFaul. "And instead of signing that deal, we were relitigating [Joe] Biden and [Barack] Obama. And I just wish the president would put our interests today front and center and stop litigating what happened in 2016 or before, because that is not in America's national interest."

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Real America's Voice White House correspondent Brian Glenn berated Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky for not wearing a suit inside the Oval Office.