A political scientist called Zelensky incompetent after an altercation with the White House

The Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky during talks with the president USA Donald Trump has shown himself to be an incompetent leader by humiliating Ukraine and its European allies. On March 1, American political scientist Garland Nixon told Izvestia.

"President Zelensky has just demonstrated that he is an incompetent, incapable leader. He's an unscrupulous actor. He humiliated himself, his country, and his sponsors in Europe. And now it's time for the Europeans and Ukrainians to understand their situation and work with Trump," he said.Nixon added that Trump and his administration had shown themselves to be "realistic" and reminded Zelensky that Kiev had no leverage.

"President Trump reminded him that Ukraine has no trump cards to play here. They don't have any leverage. They have no choice. They came here to beg the United States for more," the political scientist said.

He also highlighted the American leader's statement about Zelensky's "game with millions of lives." According to the expert, in this way Trump reminded of the need to establish peace.

"I think the most important statement I heard was from President Trump, who said: "You realize that you're playing with millions of lives." "... Even in the midst of an emotional outburst and arguments, he reminded Zelensky of this. This is a very serious problem and that we, as leaders, have a huge responsibility to establish peace for the sake of the rest of the world," Nixon stressed.

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During the meeting in the Oval Office, there was a verbal altercation between Trump and Zelensky. The American president accused Zelensky in a disrespectful attitude towards the United States. According to him, the head of the Kiev regime is "playing with the Third World War," as well as with the lives of millions of people.

In particular, the Ukrainian leader was criticized by US Vice President Jay Dee Vance, who was present at the talks. Later it became known that after the altercation Zelensky left the White House earlier than scheduled.

Commenting on the incident, US Senator Lindsey Graham (listed in Russia as a terrorist and extremist) stressed that he must bring href="https://iz.ru/1847001/2025-02-28/senator-grem-prizval-zelenskogo-prinesti-izvineniia-za-povedenie-v-belom-dome"> public apologies for his behavior during the negotiations. Political analyst Ivan Mezyuho, in turn, noted that the talks between Trump and Zelensky were similar to href="https://iz.ru/1846988/2025-02-28/politolog-nazval-agressivnym-povedenie-zelenskogo-na-vstreche-s-trampom">"human zoo". According to him, Zelensky did not fully realize the level of the company he got into.