{"id":2409282,"date":"2025-03-03T23:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T04:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-urges-zelensky-to-change-tune-on-ceasefire-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T23:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T04:05:39","slug":"vance-urges-zelensky-to-change-tune-on-ceasefire-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-urges-zelensky-to-change-tune-on-ceasefire-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance urges Zelensky to change tune on ceasefire &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-urges-zelensky-to-change-tune-on-ceasefire-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2409282&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">recent high-stakes meeting<\/a> at the\u2064 White House, Vice President JD Vance and President \u2064Donald Trump had a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unc-activists-want-minority-student-recalled-from-position-of-power\/\" title=\"UNC Activists Want Minority Student Recalled From Position Of Power\">contentious conversation<\/a> with Ukrainian President\u2062 Volodymyr Zelensky regarding the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.\u2063 During the\u200d meeting, Vance \u2062asserted that Zelensky \u200bshoudl\u200b acknowledge Trump as &#8220;the only game in town&#8221; \u200cand \u200bheed the U.S. \u2064stance on\u200d the war. <\/p>\n<p>Vance recounted how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-mocks-and-attacks-the-united-states-on-u-s-soil-biden-admin-struggles-to-respond\/\" title=\"China Mocks And Attacks The United States On U.S. Soil; Biden Admin Struggles To Respond\">meeting began<\/a>\u2064 on a diplomatic note, with \u200dTrump\u2062 attempting to be accommodating towards Zelensky. However,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/law-school-student-letter-details-culture-of-bullying-at-university-of-north-carolina\/\" title=\"Law School Student Letter Details \u2018Culture Of Bullying\u2019 At University Of North Carolina\">tensions escalated<\/a> \u200bafter a Polish journalist&#8217;s question\u2062 provoked a\u2064 heated exchange. Vance \u200ccharacterized Zelensky&#8217;s public approach as disrespectful, suggesting he refused to engage in the peace process that \u2064Trump \u2064believes is critical for resolving \u2064the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Vance \u200bemphasized that Zelensky \u2063would eventually need to negotiate and adapt to the shifting dynamics of U.S. support, especially \u2062given the waning backing from influential \u200cRepublican figures like \u200bSenator Lindsey Graham. He stressed that Trump holds the most viable \u2064plan to \u2063aid\u2063 Ukraine and criticized European leaders for\u2063 their unrealistic expectations, noting \u200dthat European support for Ukraine might not be sustainable without meaningful U.S. backing.<\/p>\n<p>The fallout from this meeting not only strained U.S.-ukraine relations but\u2064 also created tension with European \u2062allies, many of whom expressed solidarity with Zelensky.Amid this geopolitical\u2063 friction, Trump ordered the \u200dhalt of all \u200dmilitary aid to Ukraine, \u2063further complicating the situation as European leaders insisted on needing American support for any future security guarantees. This development marks a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy towards\u200d Ukraine amidst a \u200ccritical moment in the conflict.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance urges Zelensky to change tune on ceasefire: Trump the &lsquo;only game in town&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2024367\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"JD Vance\">JD Vance<\/a> implored Ukrainian President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Volodymyr Zelensky\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> to listen to the United States&rsquo;s stance surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war, saying he needs to respect President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> as &ldquo;the only game in town.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In an interview with Fox News&rsquo;s Sean Hannity, Vance gave his perspective on Friday&rsquo;s contentious Oval Office meeting that upended U.S.-Ukraine relations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3334477\/the-trump-zelensky-meeting-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE TRUMP-ZELENSKY MEETING EXPLAINED<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/ Mystyslav Chernov)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;For the first 25 or 30 minutes,&nbsp;[Trump] tried to bend over backwards&nbsp;to be gracious and kind to&nbsp;Zelensky,&nbsp;even when he was needling him&nbsp;and saying things that I thought&nbsp;were untrue,&rdquo; Vance said of the Ukrainian leader.&nbsp;&ldquo;The president tried to be&nbsp;diplomatic.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s his natural instinct in&nbsp;that situation.&nbsp;Then when it really went off the&nbsp;rails is when &hellip; a&nbsp;Polish journalist had asked a&nbsp;question. &hellip;&nbsp;Something about my answer set&nbsp;[Zelensky] off.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He came at me, and then I went&nbsp;back at him, and what I tried to&nbsp;do originally was try to defuse&nbsp;the situation a little bit,&rdquo; Vance continued, saying that Zelensky&rsquo;s apparent insistence that they have the conversation publicly was viewed as a &ldquo;lack of respect, a sense of entitlement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really don&rsquo;t care what [Zelensky] says about me or anybody else, but he showed a clear unwillingness to engage in the peace process that President Trump has said is the policy of the American people and of their president,&rdquo; Vance added.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> said he believes Zelensky will have to come to the table eventually, as &ldquo;he has to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After Hannity brought up Sen. Lindsey Graham&rsquo;s (R-SC) about-face on the conflict, going from a major backer of Zelensky to an opponent, Vance said it illustrated a wider point.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once you&rsquo;ve&nbsp;lost Lindsey Graham, that means you&nbsp;need to come to the negotiating&nbsp;table and recognize Donald Trump&nbsp;is the only game in town,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JD Vance: &#8220;My message to Ukrainians, to President Zelenskyy, is when you&#8217;ve lost Lindsey Graham, that means you need to come to the negotiation table and recognize Donald Trump is the only game in town.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mrRoLkqiEt\">pic.twitter.com\/mrRoLkqiEt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1896746930065043692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s the only person who I think&nbsp;has a meaningful plan to save&nbsp;that country,&rdquo; Vance added, saying that Europe can&rsquo;t fund or supply the Ukrainians to anywhere near the extent the U.S. can.<\/p>\n<p>Vance then accused European leaders of being unrealistic and claimed that many who had publicly said they&rsquo;re with Ukraine as long as it takes have told him in private that it &ldquo;can&rsquo;t go on forever.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Friday&rsquo;s Oval Office spat has not only ruptured U.S. relations with Ukraine, but strained the U.S.&rsquo;s relations with European allies as well, to an extent not seen in recent history. The European Union&rsquo;s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kajakallas\/status\/1895570098834063878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggested<\/a>&nbsp;that the &ldquo;free world needs a new leader.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leaders from nearly every EU head of state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3334305\/zelensky-goes-on-thanking-spree-after-oval-office-scolding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"voiced support\">voiced support<\/a> for Zelensky on Friday, implicitly siding against the U.S. in the process. Zelensky thanked at least 38 heads of state, former heads of state, bureaucrats, ministers, and other officials from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">26 countries<\/a>, quoting their statements of support.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky thanked officials from Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Slovakia, Latvia, Norway, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Belgium, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, Romania, Croatia, Luxembourg, France, Portugal, Sweden, Germany, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, and Spain. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico sided with Trump and the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3335918\/trump-halt-us-military-aid-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"TRUMP ORDERS HALT ON US MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE\">TRUMP ORDERS HALT ON US MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite European leaders&rsquo; strong statements of support, their reliance on the U.S. was illustrated nakedly on Sunday, when a conference between Zelensky and European leaders in London ended in the leaders insisting that any security guarantee needed American backing, which Trump indicated was off the table.<\/p>\n<p>The breakdown in U.S.-Ukraine relations escalated on Tuesday when Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3335918\/trump-halt-us-military-aid-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"halted\">halted<\/a> all further shipments of military aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2024367\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2024367\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance advises Zelensky to heed U.S. views on ceasefire, calling Trump &#8220;the only option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2409283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/VZT.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13427,15469,8630],"class_list":["post-2409282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ceasefire","tag-vance","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/VZT.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409286,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409282\/revisions\/2409286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}