Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, In Fox News Interview, Reacts To Trump Confrontation: “We Have To Be Very Honest And Very Open”
deadline.comUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his first interview since his Oval Office confrontation with President Donald Trump, defended what he said during the meeting, telling Fox News‘ Bret Baier, “We have to be very open and very honest.” Asked whether he thinks he owed Trump an apology, Zelensky did not give one.
But he did say that he regretted the exchange, which ended with Trump ordering him to leave the White House and with a minerals deal unsigned.
The remarkable thing about the confrontation was that it played out before pool TV cameras and reporters, with the moment dominating cable news throughout the day. “I think it was not good,” Zelensky said. “I think it was not good because we had a lot of different dialogs.
I’m always open to media, but there are very sensitive things. I just want to be honest, and I just want our partners to understand the situation correctly and I want to understand everything correctly.
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