Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the US on social media, after a heated exchange with president Trump and vice president JD Vance in the Oval Office. Vance had criticized Zelensky for not thanking the US sufficiently for its efforts against Russia.

The tense exchange among the three men in the Oval Office was the precursor to Trump booting Zelensky from the White House.

A remarkable shouting match broke out in the Oval Office on Friday between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, an extraordinarily fractious display that only underscored the deeply uncertain future of American assistance to Kyiv.