Senator from the Republican Party from South Carolina Lindsay Graham criticized Europe and urged her to take steps to protect Ukraine.
Commenting the debate between US President Donald Trump and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, he placed a publication on social networks in which he noted:
“Europeans shrug their hands after President Trump’s attempt to give a lecture to President Zelensky. Go ahead and protect Ukraine from (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. It is time to show Europeans that they are able to protect their continent.”
Affirming that European countries allowed its armies to weaken, Graham added: “When Europe says, no bad guy listens.”
Graham claimed that Europeans are the last people to whom he could entrust the defense of freedom.
What happened?
During the meeting of Trump and Zelensky in the Oval office of February 28, a tense discussion took place, after which the previously planned joint press conference was canceled, and Zelensky left the White House.
During the conversation, Trump criticized the position of the Ukrainian leader, and Zelensky expressed hope for support.
Following the discussion, an agreement on rare earth elements between Ukraine and the United States was not signed.
President Trump after stormy debates in the oval office in his statement on the social network Truth said that Zelensky was not yet ready for the world.
In an interview with Fox News Zelensky, answering the question of whether he would apologize to Trump, said that he did nothing bad for which he should apologize.
After the debate, many European leaders performed with messages in support of Ukraine.