Sen. Graham, Zelenskyy commerce barbs after suggestion that Ukrainian president ought to resign

Longtime Ukraine advocate Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., fired pictures again at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who urged the U.S. lawmaker transfer to Ukraine, so his voice could have weight.

Graham shared a clip posted by Fox Information host Laura Ingraham on Sunday exhibiting Zelenskyy talking with a reporter.

In the course of the interview, Zelenskyy was requested about Graham, who mentioned he ought to contemplate resigning as president of Ukraine.

“Lindsey Graham is an excellent man…I may give him Ukrainian citizenship, then his voice will acquire weight,” Zelenskyy mentioned.

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“Sadly, till there’s an election, nobody has a voice in Ukraine,” Graham mentioned whereas sharing Ingraham’s put up.

The South Carolina Republican later posted on X that he has tried “very exhausting” to keep up his assist for the efforts of Ukrainians to fend off the Russian invasion, even expressing admiration for Zelenskyy’s management throughout troublesome instances.

“I, like so many others, can solely give recommendation,” Graham mentioned. “It’s as much as President Zelensky (sic) to find out whether or not or to not take it.”

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The feedback come days after Zelenskyy’s blowup with Trump and Vice President JD Vance throughout Friday’s televised assembly within the Oval Workplace. 

Graham described the assembly as a “full utter catastrophe.”

“He both must resign and ship any person over that we are able to do enterprise with, or he wants to vary,” Graham mentioned of Zelenskyy whereas chatting with reporters on the White Home.

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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts on the White Home in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025.  (REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photograph)

“I’ve by no means been extra pleased with the president. I used to be very pleased with JD Vance standing up for our nation,” Graham mentioned. 

He slammed the “disrespectful” Oval Workplace show from Zelenskyy, going so far as saying, “I do not know if we are able to ever do enterprise with Zelenskyy once more.”

In keeping with the senator, he does not assume People noticed the Ukrainian president as somebody they really feel comfy going “into enterprise with” following the televised dispute.

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Graham additionally pressured that the Ukrainian-American relationship is “vitally essential.” Nonetheless, he solid doubt on whether or not Zelenskyy may ever “do a take care of america.”

Fox Information Digital’s Brie Stimson contributed to this report.