White House official Stephen Miller shredded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s behavior during his Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Friday.
He spoke to Fox News host Jesse Watters following the fiery exchanges where he accused the Ukrainian president of being disrespectful towards the leader of the free world.
“I don’t think anybody had any idea that Zelenskyy would be so impertinent, so disrespectful, so insulting to the United States of America,” Miller began.
“Look, this is one of the great moments in the history of American diplomacy, the way that President Trump and JD Vance stood up for American interests in the world stage, the way that President Trump defended Americans after years of being fleeced and abused and taken advantage of and taken for granted, millions of American hearts swelled with overflowing pride today to watch President Trump put Zelenskyy in his place,” he told Waters.
“The only reason that Zelenskyy has a country, that Zelenskyy is in power is because the United States, Americans have suffered economically funding this war now for years. American security has been degraded, our stockpiles depleted, our ability to project power in other regions of the world negatively affected to protect and defend Ukraine,” Miller continued.
“Americans probably don’t even know the true extent of just how much military support on multiple levels and fronts America has provided to Ukraine, and then this man shows up in the Oval Office and lectures us, says we have to do more, says we’re not as good as Europe, says that we need to provide them a forever war guarantee, fight Russia till the end of time,” Miller added.
“No American watching that today says they want to send their sons and daughters to die on behalf of Zelenskyy, and President Trump was clear and firm and principled saying either you’re our partner for peace in ending this war, or we can’t work with you. And Zelenskyy for the first time since this has begun, finally met a Western leader willing to assert their own interests, the interests of their own country and not bow down to and venerate this man as a messianic figure,” the adviser noted further.
“Americans have watched with horror as Zelenskyy has been treated as a messiah. Our hearts all break for the suffering and loss and death. But you know what will be even worse, World War Three, and today, President Trump said, we are not going to let this escalate into World War Three. He defended the Oval Office, he defended the White House, and most importantly, he defended the American people. And I was honored and proud to be there to witness this moment in history,” he said.
Watters compared what Zelensky did at the White House meeting to a “kamikaze mission,” saying he does not have a “second option.”
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“But it was not just that, though. There were many remarkable and disturbing things that Zelenskyy said. He repeatedly rejected President Trump’s statement that we should pursue a ceasefire,” Miller continued.
“How could you reject a ceasefire? And you know, he kept saying, Europe’s doing so much more than us. Well, then what do you need us for? If he’s saying Europe is so great, then why are you coming and begging and pleading to us for money and protection and guarantees?” the adviser said.
“President Trump is a peacemaker. He will fight for peace. He had peace for four years under his previous term, and today we saw what it’s like to have a strong leader in the White House and the whole world saw what it’s like to have a strong leader for America,” he added.