Zelenskyy’s White House treatment enrages Ukrainian-Canadians in Ottawa [Video]

Shock, rage and tears.

That’s how some Ukrainian-Canadians and Ukraine supporters in Ottawa are reacting to Donald Trump’s excoriation of Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday.

The Ukrainian president was in Washington hoping to secure security guarantees from the United States in return for his country’s minerals.

Instead he received an unprecedented public dressing down from Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance, who accused Zelenskyy of disrespect and lacking gratitude for American support against the Russian invasion. 

With the United States looking poised to abandon an ally, some Ukrainian-Canadians are doubly concerned: not only about Ukraine’s future against Russian aggression, but also that the U.S. president might also turn on Canada.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance had a tense exchange at the White House on Friday, with the U.S. leaders calling Zelenskyy ‘disrespectful’ and calling for the Ukrainian leader to thank them for assistance.

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