Zelenskyy meets with the bipartisan group of senators ahead of tense the white house exchange

A group of Bipartisan senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelenskyy on Friday morning prior to the excited exchange between Ukrainian leader, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

Sens. Lindsey Graham, Rs.C., Chris Coons, D-Del., And Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., As well as other Democratic and Republican Senators, gathered for an hour-long “encouraging” meeting with Zelenskyy prior to his visit to the White House, the three legislators published in their social media accounts.

“Just finished an encouraging meeting in Washington with President @zelenskyyua and a Bipartisan group of senators to discuss our ongoing partnership with Ukraine,” Coons wrote on X, accompanied by a selfie with Zelenskyy, Graham and Klobuchar.

“Really good Bipartisan meeting before President Zelensky heads to the White House. We stand with Ukraine.” Klobuchar wrote in a post about X.

“So honored to participate in the hour -long discussion with President Zelensky and Senators Coons, Graham and other Democratic and Republican Senators this morning. There is strong Bipartisan support in the Senate of Ukraine’s freedom and democracy,” she added.

Graham also said in a video that he met with Zelenskyy and added that he was on his way to the White House for the signing of the mineral agreement.

“This is half a trillion dollars that will benefit the US economy huge. Ukraine is the richest country in Europe when it comes to critical minerals,” Graham said. “These minerals are needed for us to compete and win the 21st century economy. President Trump was very excited, President Zelenskyy is very excited about this economic agreement.”

Graham said he called for Zelenskyy before meeting Trump not to “take the bait,” but he was not the only one, sources told ABC News. They noticed that Graham was very blunt and told Zelenskyy to “suck up a little” and thank the president largely.

But senators on both sides of the time tried to give Zelenskyy “friendly coaching” according to two people who were in space during the top -notch meeting with the Ukrainian leader.

While Zelenskyy expressed gratitude while meeting with the senators, they said in space that he also pushed back and told the senators he needed a security guarantee. A few senators told him to focus on the mineral agreement first and return to security later.

However, the deal seems to be in danger after Zelenskyy, Trump and Vance spared the oval office, and then canceled the appointment of the appointment ceremony.

Graham in the White House later seemed to change his tune from his morning remarks on Friday and said, “I have never been more proud of the president. I was very proud of JD Vance who stood up for our country.”

“What I saw in the oval office was disrespectful, and I don’t think we can do business with Zelenskyy ever again,” he said.

“He made it difficult for the American people to think he is a good investment,” he added. “He either has to resign and send someone over with whom we can do business or he needs to change.”

Still, Klobuchar and Coons came out with positions about X in defense of the Ukrainian president after his exchange in the oval office, especially the moment when Vance accused Zelenskyy of being “disrespectful” to his American hosts.

“Answer to Vance: Zelenskyy has thanks our country over and over again both privately and in public. And our country thanks him and the Ukrainian patriots who have been up to a dictator buried their own & stopped Putin from marjers right into the rest of Europe. Shame you, ”Klobuchar wrote.

“Every time I’ve met with President Zelenskyy, he thanked the American people for our strong support. We owe him our thank you for leading a nation fighting on the front lines of democracy – not the public berating he received in the White House,” Coons wrote.