In case you missed it, the explosive 50-minute Oval Office showdown between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky aired live today, revealing the Ukrainian leader’s stunning arrogance and ingratitude in the face of America’s unwavering support.

The meeting, initially slated to finalize a landmark deal granting the U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, devolved into a shouting match.

President Trump, alongside Vice President JD Vance, didn’t hold back, lambasting Zelensky for his “disrespectful” attitude toward the nation that’s funneled billions in aid to prop up his faltering war effort.

According to investigative reporter Jordan Schachtel, “it is very clear that Zelensky, not Trump or Vance, became the antagonist. Both POTUS and VP were very respectful and cordial until Zelensky very publicly ignited a firestorm.”

He added:

It all starts at [40:47]

1) Zelensky essentially rejects how VP described the mandate of POTUS to conduct foreign affairs, and he insinuates that Trump term one did nothing to stop Putin.

2) He then basically tells Vance that his ideas are faulty and that the administration’s diplomacy won’t work.

These two comments are *deliberately antagonistic.* Everything was all well and good, but Zelensky took two major shots in a public forum, and they had to respond. And respond they did.

Recall, this is the guy who interfered in our electoral politics and called VP “too radical,” and bashed Trump in an interview with New York Mag weeks before the election.

Zelensky is ENTIRELY at fault here. 100%.

Transcript via The Independent:

Zelensky: “But during 2014 till 2022 the situation was the same, that people are been dying on the contact line. Nobody stopped him. You know that we had conversations with him, a lot of conversations, my bilateral conversation, and we signed with him. Me like a new president in 2019 I signed with him. The deal I signed with him, Macron and Merkel. We signed ceasefire, ceasefire. All of them told me that he will never go. We signed him with gas contract… but after that, he broken the ceasefire He killed our people, and he didn’t exchange prisoners we signed the exchange of prisons but he didn’t do it. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you talking about. What do you mean?”

Vance: “I’m talking about the kind of diplomacy that’s going to end the destruction of your country… Mr. President, with respect, I think it’s disrespectful for you to come to the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media. Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for trying to bring it into this conflict.”

Zelensky: “Have you ever been to Ukraine that you [can] say what problems we have? You should come once.”

Vance: “I’ve actually watched and seen the stories and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President. Do you disagree that you’ve had problems?…And do you think that it’s respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?”

Zelensky: “[There are] a lot of questions. Let’s start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you, but you have a nice ocean [in between], and don’t feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you.”

Trump: “Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. We’re trying to solve a problem. Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel… because you’re in no position to dictate that. Remember this, you’re in no position to dictate what we’re going to feel. We’re going to feel good. We’re gonna feel very good and very strong.”

Zelensky: “You will feel the influence. I’m telling you now you will feel the influence.”

Trump: “You’re right now, not in a very good position. You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now with us.”

Zelensky: “I’m not playing cards right now, I’m very serious Mr President. I am a wartime president.”

Trump: “You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You’re gambling with World War Three. You’re gambling with World War Three, and what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country, far more than a lot of people say they should.”

Vance: “Have you said thank you once?”

Zelensky: “A lot of times. Even today.”

Vance: “You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October, offer some words of appreciation to the United States of America and the president who’s trying to save your country.”

Zelensky: “Please. You think that if you will speak very loudly about the war…”

Trump: “He‘s not speaking loudly. Your country is in big trouble. Wait a minute. No, no, you‘ve done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. You‘re not winning. You‘re not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out, okay Because of us.

Zelensky: “I know… We are staying strong in our country. From the very beginning of the war, we‘ve been alone, and we are thankful. I said thanks in this cabinet.”

Trump:  “You haven’t been alone. We gave you, through the stupid president, $350 billion. We gave you military equipment. You and your men are brave, but they had to use our military [equipment.] If you didn‘t have our military equipment this war would have been over in two weeks.

Zelensky: “In three days. Yes, I heard it from Putin ‘in three days’…. in two weeks.”

Trump: “Maybe less… It‘s going to be a very hard thing to do business like this, I tell you.”

Vance: “Just say thank you, accept that there are disagreements, and let’s go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out of the American media, when you’re wrong, we know that you’re wrong.”

Zelensky: “I said it a lot of times to the American people.”

Trump: “I think it’s important for the American people to see what’s going on. That’s why I kept this going so long [to Zelensky]. You have to be thankful you don‘t have the cards. Your people are dying. You‘re running low on soldiers… Then you tell us. I don‘t want a ceasefire. I don‘t want a ceasefire… I look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it. So the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed…

…That wasn‘t with me. That was with a guy named Biden who was not a smart person. That was with Obama. Excuse me? That was with Obama, who gave you sheets and I gave you javelins. Yes. I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks. Obama gave you sheets. In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins. You got to be more thankful because let me tell you, you don‘t have the cards with us. You have the cards, but without us you don‘t have any cards.”

Reporter: “What if Russia breaks peace talks? What do you do then?”

Trump: “What are you saying?”

Vance: “She‘s asking what if Russia breaks the cease fire?”

Trump: “What if anything? What if a bomb drops on your head right now? Okay, what if they broke it? I don‘t know. They broke it with Biden because Biden didn‘t respect him. They didn‘t respect Obama. They respect me. Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia … You ever hear of that deal? That was a phony. That was a phony Hunter Biden, Joe Biden scam. Hillary Clinton, shifty Adam Schiff, it was a Democrat scam. And he had to go through that. And he did go through it. We didn‘t end up in a war. And he went through it. He was accused of all that stuff. He had nothing to do with it. It came out of Hunter Biden‘s bathroom. It came out of Hunter Biden‘s bedroom. It was disgusting. And then they said, oh, oh, the laptop from hell was made by Russia. The 51 agents The whole thing was a scam. And he had to put up with that. He was being accused of all that stuff. All I can say is this: he might have broken deals with Obama and Bush, and he might have broken them with Biden. He did maybe, maybe he didn‘t. I don‘t know what happened, but he didn‘t break them with me. He wants to make a deal…

…The problem is I’ve empowered you to be a tough guy, and I don’t think you’d be a tough guy without the United States. And your people are very brave, but you’re either going to make a deal or we’re out, and if we’re out, you’ll fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty, but you’ll fight it out, but you don’t have the cards, but once we sign that deal you’re in a much better position. But you’re not acting at all thankful and that’s not a nice thing, I’ll be honest. That’s not a nice thing… All right. I think we‘ve seen enough…

“This is going to be great television. I will say that.”

WATCH:

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Reuters reported on Friday that interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is transferring numerous Biden DOJ prosecutors to pursue misdemeanor offenses in the DC Superior Court.

They should consider themselves lucky after what they did to innocent Americans!

Politico posted a list of names of the demoted DOJ prosecutors who built phony cases against Trump supporters in an attempt to ruin their lives and spread fear of the regime across the nation.

Those demoted include John Crabb and Elizabeth Aloi, who prosecuted contempt of Congress cases that sent Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro to jail for four months apiece. They include Jason McCullough, who helped lead the team that sent top Proud Boys leaders Enrique Tarrio, Joe Biggs and Ethan Nordean to prison for their role in orchestrating the breach of the Capitol. And they include Kathryn Rakoczy, who was a lead prosecutor in the Jan. 6 cases of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and more than a dozen of his allies, for their involvement in the attack on the Capitol.

Greg Rosen, who headed the Capitol Siege section in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, also was demoted. One prosecutor who worked for Rosen until recently, Brendan Ballou, praised Rosen and decried the wave of reassignments.

Just a reminder — these are the same men that made-up evidence to secure convictions against the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys during their trials.

EXCLUSIVE… Enrique Tarrio Interview: The Only Evidence DOJ Had Against Proud Boys Was a Document They Knew Was Written by the FBI! – They Sentenced Them to 20 Years Anyway!

These prosecutors also threatened and pressured the top Proud Boy and Oath Keepers members to lie and sign a document saying Trump was behind the January 6, 2021, protests and riot.

The Biden DOJ prosecutors ought to consider themselves lucky. They should be facing criminal prosecution.

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A former Navy sailor has pleaded guilty to charges he sought to attack Great Lakes Naval Station in North Chicago, Illinois, as part of an Iranian terror attack.

Xuanyu Harry Pang, 38, of North Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty to “conspiring to and attempting to willfully injure and destroy national defense material, national defense premises, and national defense utilities, with the intent to injure, interfere with, and obstruct the national defense of the United States,” according to a news release from the Justice Department.

The plea was unsealed Thursday after being made on Nov. 5, the release said.

The Justice Department said that Pang was working with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which was seeking revenge for the assassination of Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by the U.S. military in 2020.

Pang began working with a Colombian-based individual in 2021, the news release said.

A covert FBI employee was inserted into the plot, and connected to Pang by the individual in Colombia.

Naval Station Great Lakes and other locations in and around Chicago were considered as targets.

During one meeting as the plot moved forward, Pang showed informants photos and videos on his phone of multiple locations inside the Naval Station.

Pang later provided the FBI’s covert agent with two U.S. military uniforms to wear inside the base during an attack and a cell phone to use as a detonator test.

Pang could be sentenced to as many as 20 years in prison.

According to an affidavit in support of the charges against Pang, during the discussions between “Pang and Individual A, they discussed a variety of criminal activities, including, as discussed below, a plot to smuggle radioactive polonium into the United States to further an Iranian plan to conduct an attack in the United States to avenge the death of IRGC General Soleimani.”

The affidavit further said, “Pang and Individual A discussed a plan to smuggle weapons on behalf of Iranian buyers and to also smuggle and/or give payment in gold.”

Pang was recorded at one meeting showing photos of Michigan Avenue and telling them, “You guys are looking for max damage, right?”

Elsewhere, he was recorded as having said, “So think about it like if you have one guy just walking down the street, all of a sudden” and then making a noise resembling a gun firing rapidly.

The affidavit said Pang had been assigned to the Great Lakes Naval Station in February 2022 as a new recruit. The affidavit in support of Pang’s arrest came in October of that year.

Iran has been behind other efforts to attack the United States.

Last year, the Justice Department announced that Iran sought to have President Donald Trump assassinated last fall.

Three people were arrested in connection with Iranian-backed assassination efforts: Farhad Shakeri, 51, of Iran; Carlisle Rivera, also known as Pop, 49, of Brooklyn, New York; and Jonathon Loadholt, 36, of Staten Island, New York, according to a Justice Department release.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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President Trump announced Friday evening that boxes of material taken in the August 8, 2022, FBI raid on his Palm Beach, Florida, home Mar-a-Lago as part of the Jack Smith investigation were being returned to him and would end up in the Trump presidential library.

“The Department of Justice has just returned the boxes that Deranged Jack Smith made such a big deal about. They are being brought down to Florida and will someday be part of the Trump Presidential Library. Justice finally won out. I did absolutely nothing wrong. This was merely an attack on a political opponent that, obviously, did not work well. Justice in our Country will now be restored.”

Alina Habba, Counselor to the President, posted that she personally loaded the boxes onto Air Force One, “I just personally loaded the infamous “boxes” back onto Air Force 1 to head home where they belong. Justice has been and will continue to be restored in this country under President Trump. TRUTH AND JUSTICE ALWAYS WIN IN THE END. God Bless America”

I just personally loaded the infamous “boxes” back onto Air Force 1 to head home where they belong. Justice has been and will continue to be restored in this country under President Trump. TRUTH AND JUSTICE ALWAYS WIN IN THE END. God Bless America

— Alina Habba (@AlinaHabba) February 28, 2025

A Reuters photo posted by Breaking 911 shows the boxes being brought onto Air Force One:

TRUMP ADVISOR: “The FBl is giving the President his property back that was taken during the unlawful & illegal raids. We are taking possession of the boxes today & loading them onto Air Force One. Boxes were loaded onto the plane ahead of takeoff.” pic.twitter.com/qc5wh3jZNW

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 28, 2025

MSNBC’s Kyle Cheney reported about 15 boxes were put on the plane, “Trump White House staffers were seen loading around 15 boxes of documents onto the rear of Air Force One. Team Trump says the boxes contain the classified documents the FBI seized from Trump’s Florida home in 2022.”

Trump White House staffers were seen loading around 15 boxes of documents onto the rear of Air Force One.

Team Trump says the boxes contain the classified documents the FBI seized from Trump’s Florida home in 2022.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 1, 2025

Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a statement given to reporters and posted by New York Post reporter Diana Glebova, “”The FBl is giving the President his property back that was taken during the unlawful and illegal raids. We are taking possession of the boxes today and loading them onto Air Force One” — Steven Cheung, communications director”

News about Trump and FBI raid:

“The FBl is giving the President his property back that was taken during the unlawful and illegal raids. We are taking possession of the boxes today and loading them onto Air Force One” — Steven Cheung, communications director

— Diana Glebova (@DianaGlebova) February 28, 2025

Trump has not announced formal plans for his presidential library, however its initial funding is being done with tens of millions of dollars from media outlets settling with Trump’s lawsuits against them.

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Ukrainian President Zelensky went on FOX News with Trump-basher Bret Baier on Friday evening after disrespecting President Trump and the American people openly in the White House in a historic meeting earlier today, and he refused to apologize.

The Gateway Pundit reported on the fireworks that erupted in the Oval Office on Friday, leading to Zelensky being kicked out of the White House.

A scheduled press conference with President Trump and Zelensky was abruptly canceled, and Zelensky was kicked to the curb after he disrespected President Trump in the Oval Office.

Ukraine had previously agreed to Trump’s requested mineral rights deal with the US to compensate Americans for the hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money Joe Biden gave them over the last four years, but the agreement was not officialized Friday.

A White House spokesperson confirmed on background that the deal was not signed.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Zelensky later interviewed with Baier and started off by thanking the American people, President Trump, and the US Congress just hours after he spat in our faces.

On FOX News: Zelensky Starts Off Interview by Thanking American People after His Disastrous and Disrespectful Meeting with President Trump and His Staff (VIDEO)

Later in the interview, Zelensky was asked if he owed President Trump an apology. He further attacked Trump for not prioritizing Ukraine over American interests and for holding a public meeting with the press.

WATCH:

Baier: So, I'm not hearing from you, Mr. President, a thought that you owe the President an apology.

Zelensky: Now, I respect President, and I respect American people, and if, I don't know, if-- I think that we have to be very open and very honest. And I'm not sure that we did something bad. I think maybe sometimes some things we have to discuss out of media. With all due respect to Democracy and to a free media, but there are things that where we have to understand the position of Ukraine and Ukrainians. And I think that is the most important thing. So, we are partners. You know, we are very close partners. We have to be fair. We have to be very free.

He did apologize, however, to Bret Baier for some reason. When asked if his relationship with President Trump can be salvaged, Zelensky stated, "Yes, of course."

"And sorry for this, I mean this. We wanted very much to have all these strong relations, and I'm very calm that we will have it," he added while playing the victim of today's events.

President Trump spoke to the press earlier and said he would not work with Zelensky unless he agreed to a ceasefire. "He's got to say, 'I want to make peace,'" the President said, slamming him for wanting "to get us signed up and keep fighting." It's clear that Zelensky doesn't want peace, and the President warned him earlier that "if he fights it out, it's not going to be pretty because without us, he doesn't win."

WATCH:

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