No More ‘Blank Checks’ for Ukraine Without Peace, White House Says After Trump-Zelensky Blowout

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following his contentious Oval Office meeting with US President Donald Trump, saying Zelensky does not acknowledge the realities of the war and lacks gratitude for American aid.

A White House meeting on Friday between Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Zelensky escalated into a heated exchange, with Trump and Vance accusing Zelensky and Ukraine.

“We are no longer going to just write blank checks to a war very far away without real lasting peace. And that’s what the president wants,” Leavitt said in an interview with Fox News.