Trump and Zelensky exchange social media posts after Oval Office shouting match. Trump bars Ukrainian president from White House until he’s ‘ready for peace,’ while Zelensky thanks POTUS for visit.

Following a heated exchange in the Oval Office on Friday with America’s president and vice president that ended with Volodymyr Zelensky leaving the White House without signing a planned agreement on shared mineral rights, Ukraine’s president tweeted a thank you message without acknowledging the argument. “Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit,” wrote Zelensky, not commenting on his early exit from the White House or the explosive shouting match that preceded it. “Thank you, POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.”

Zelensky later quote-tweeted the same message — “Thank you for your support” — to various world leaders who wrote to him after the Oval Office argument, including European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, E.U. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Moldovan President Maia Sandu, and others.

In a post on social media after the meeting, Trump declared, “I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.”